Asturian

Noun

poeta m, f ‎(plural poetes)

1. poet (person who writes poems)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin poēta.

Noun

poeta m, f ‎(plural poetes)

1. poet

Related terms

• poema
• poesia

Galician

Etymology

From Latin poēta.

Noun

poeta m ‎(plural poetas)

1. poet

Related terms

• poetisa

Italian

Noun

poeta m ‎(plural poeti) Feminine poetessa

1. poet (male or unspecified sex)

Related terms

• poesia
• poetico

Verb

poeta

1. third-person singular present indicative of poetare
2. second-person singular imperative of poetare

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητής ‎(poiētḗs, “poet, writer”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /poˈeː.ta/, [pɔˈeː.ta]

Noun

poēta m ‎(genitive poētae); first declension

1. a poet

   Si versus horum duorum poetarum neglegetis, magna parte litterarum carebitis.

   If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• poētaster
• poētor

Related terms

Descendants

References

• poeta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• poeta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “poeta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an epic, heroic poet: poeta epicus
    
  • a dramatic poet: poeta scaenicus
    
  • a writer of tragedy, comedy: scriptor tragoediarum, comoediarum, also (poeta) tragicus, comicus
    
• poeta in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

Etymology

From Latin poeta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής ‎(poiētḗs, “poet, writer”)

Pronunciation

Noun

poeta m pers

1. poet

Declension

Related terms

• poetka f
• poezja

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin poēta

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɛtɐ/

Noun

poeta m (plural poetas, feminine poetisa, feminine plural poetisas)

1. poet

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:poeta.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin poēta

Noun

poeta m, f ‎(plural poetas)

1. poet