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ποιητικός

poietikos

capable of making, creative, productive

Appears 41 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ποιητικός, ή, όν, A. capable of making, creative, productive, opp. πρακτικός (active, Arist. EN 1140a4), τινος Id. Top. 137a4, Pl. Def. 411d; ἡδονῶν Epicur. Sent. 8: abs., αἱ π. ἐπιστῆμαι, = αἱ τέχναι, the Productive Arts, Arist. MM 1216b17, cf. Pol. 1254a2, D.L. 3.84; πᾶσαι αἱ τέχναι καὶ αἱ π. ἐπιστῆμαι Arist. Metaph. 1046b3; ἡ -κή creativity, Pl. Sph. 265b; τὰ π. efficient causes, Plot. 6.3.18,28. Adv. -κῶς (sc. τῆς ὑγιείας) so as to produce . . , Arist. Top. 106b36, cf. Procl. in Alc.p.52C. 2. of persons, inventive, ingenious, Alex. 234.5. II. poetical, λέξις Isoc. 15.47, cf. Phld. Po. 2.40(both Comp.); of persons, Pl. R. 393d; Ὅμηρον -ώτατον εἶναι ib.607a; π. καὶ μουσικοί Id. Lg. 802b, cf. 700d, etc.; οἱ π. poets, ib.656c; ἡ π. τύρβη Epicur. Fr. 228; but ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of poetry, Pl. Grg. 502c, Arist. Po. 1447 a8, etc.; π. ἄδεια, ἐξουσία, poetic licence, A.D. Pron. 38.3,al., Jul. Or. 1.10b. Adv. -κῶς Pl. R. 332b; by poetic licence, Str. 9.2.14. 2. celebrated by poets, Ἶρις Olymp. in Mete. 210.7; quoted from the poets, μαρτυρίη Hp. Praec. 12. III. ποιητική, ἡ, = κισσὸς χρυσόκαρπος, poetʼs ivy, Hedera Helix var. poetica, Ps.-Dsc. 2.179.
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