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Petovĭo or Poetovĭo, ōnis, f., a city in Pannonia, the modern Pettau, Tac. H. 3, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3592.

† pŏēta, ae (POETES, Inscr. Orell. 1163), m., = ποιητής.

  1. I. In gen., a maker, producer (ante-class.): nec fallaciam Astutiorem ullus fecit poëta, a contriver, trickster, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 7: tu poëta es prorsus ad eam rem unicus, you are just fit for it, id. As. 4, 1, 3.
  2. II. In partic., a poet (class.; syn. vates): visus Homerus adesse poëta, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51 (Ann. v. 6 Vahl.); Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 194: oratores et poëtae, id. ib. 3, 10, 39: versificator quam poëta melior, Quint. 10, 1, 89: pictoribus atque poëtis Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas, Hor. A. P. 9: expectes eadem a summo minimoque poëtā, Juv. 1, 14: judex absolvit injuriarum eum, qui Lucilium poëtam in scenā nominatim laeserat, Auct. Her. 2, 3, 19: unum (genus deorum) a poëtis traditum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27 init.

Poetelĭus, i, m., name of a Roman gens: M. Petelius, a consul, Liv. 9, 24.

pŏētĭca, ae, v. poëticus, II.

1. pŏētĭcē, es, v. poëticus, II.

2. pŏētĭcē, adv., v. poëticus.

† pŏētĭcus, a, um, adj., = ποιητικός,

  1. I. poetic, poetical: verbum, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153: non poëtico sed quodam oratorio numero et modo, id. ib. 1, 33, 151: di, represented by the poets, id. N. D. 3, 31, 151: quadrigae, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2: mella, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44.
    Adv.: pŏētĭcē, after the manner of poets, poetically: loqui (perh. not anteAug., since the words ut poëtice loquar, Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 9, seem not to be genuine), Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 1; 2, 5, 5: poëtice vel oratorie, Quint. 9, 1, 13; Lact. 2, 4, 4; 3, 14, 7; Petr. 90.
  2. II. Subst.: pŏētĭca, ae, and pŏētĭcē, ēs, f., = ποιητική, the poetic art, poetry, poesy: o praeclaram emendatricem vitae poëticam! Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69; 1, 1 fin.: attigit quoque poëticen, Nep. Att. 18, 5: a poëtice alienus, Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 2.

(pŏētilla, a false read. for post illum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 4.)

Poetneum, i, n., a fortress of Athamania, Liv. 39, 25.

pŏēto, āre, v poëtor.

pŏētor, āri, v. dep. [poëta], to be a poet, to write poetry, to poetize (ante- and postclass.): numquam poëtor nisi si podager, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 829 P. (Sat. v. 8 Vahl.): ineptia poëtandi, Aus. Idyll. 6 praef.
In an active collat. form: priusquam poëtare incipio, Verus ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 2, 8 Mai.

† pŏētrĭa, ae, f., = ποιήτρια, a poetess: fabularum poëtria, Cic. Cael. 27, 64; Ov. H. 15, 183; Mart. Cap. 8, § 809.

† pŏētris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., = ποιητρίς, a poetess, Pers. prol. 13 (al. poëtrias).