poetria

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poˈeː.tri.a/, [poˈeːt̪riä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈe.tri.a/, [poˈɛːt̪riä]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ποιήτριᾱ (poiḗtriā).

Alternative forms

• poetris, poetrida

Noun

poētria f (genitive poētriae); first declension

1. a female poet, poetess

   Synonym: poētissa

2. (Medieval Latin) a poet's wife

   Synonym: poētissa

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	poētria	poētriae
genitive	poētriae	poētriārum
dative	poētriae	poētriīs
accusative	poētriam	poētriās
ablative	poētriā	poētriīs
vocative	poētria	poētriae

Coordinate terms

poēta (“poet”)

Etymology 2

Perhaps as a medieval misreading of poētica.

Noun

poētria f (genitive poētriae); first declension

(Medieval Latin)

1. the art of poetry, poesy

   Synonyms: poētica, poēsis

2. a poetic composition, poem

   Synonyms: poēsis, poēma, carmen, versūs

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	poētria	poētriae
genitive	poētriae	poētriārum
dative	poētriae	poētriīs
accusative	poētriam	poētriās
ablative	poētriā	poētriīs
vocative	poētria	poētriae

Related terms

• poēta

References

• “poētria” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “poetria”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

• “poetria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “poetria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "poetria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• poetria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.