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poesis

poesis · f

The art of composing poems

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Distribution

De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 1 · 0.18/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

Senses

pŏēsis — Lewis & Short

The art of composing poems

Attestations

poesis Cicero, De Oratore 3.100
poësis Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 4.71
poesis Horace, De Arte Poetica liber 361
poesis Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 2.1.52
poesis Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 12.11.26

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