poesis
From LSJ
πᾶσα γυνὴ τοῦ λύχνου ἀρθέντος ἡ αὐτή ἐστι → all women are the same in the dark, all women are the same when the lights go out
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŏēsis: (pŏĕsis, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 52), is, f., = ποίησις.
I The art of composing poems, poetry, poesy (rarely so used), Quint. 12, 11, 26.—
II A poem, poetry (class.): ut pictura, poësis erit: quae, si propius stes, Te capiat magis, etc., Hor. A. P. 361; Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100: Anacreontis tota poësis est amatoria, id. Tusc. 4, 33, 71.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pŏēsis,¹⁶ is, acc. in, f. (ποίησις), la poésie : *Quint. 12, 11, 26
