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poet

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24

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substantive

P. and V. ποιητής, ὁ (Euripides, Fragment), V. ἀοιδός, ὁ, μουσοποιός, ὁ; see bard.

Translations

Afrikaans: digter; Albanian: poet; Amharic: ገጣሚ; Arabic: شَاعِر‎, شَاعِرَة‎; Egyptian Arabic: شاعر‎; Armenian: պոետ, բանաստեղծ; Asturian: poeta; Azerbaijani: şair; Baluchi: شاہر‎, شاعر‎; Bashkir: шағир, шағирә; Basque: olerkari, poeta; Bavarian: Schriftstölarin; Belarusian: паэ́т, паэтэ́са, паэ́тка; Bengali: কবি, শায়ের; Bulgarian: поет, поетеса; Burmese: စာဆို, ကဝိ; Catalan: poeta; Chinese Cantonese: 詩人, 诗人; Dungan: сыжын; Mandarin: 詩人, 诗人; Min Nan: 詩人, 诗人; Czech: básník, básnířka, poeta, poetka; Danish: digter; Dutch: dichter, poëet; Esperanto: poeto; Estonian: luuletaja; Extremaduran: pueta; Faroese: yrkjari, skald, rímari; Finnish: runoilija; French: poète; Galician: poeta; Georgian: პოეტი; German: Dichter, Dichterin; Poet, Poetin; Greek: ποιητής, ποιήτρια; Ancient Greek: ἀηδών, ἀοιδοθέτης, ἀοιδοπόλος, ποιητής, ποιήτρια, ποιητογράφος; Gujarati: કવિ; Hebrew: פַּיטָן \ פייטן‎, מְשׁוֹרֵר‎; Hindi: कवि, कवयित्री, शायर, शायरा; Hungarian: költő, poéta; Icelandic: skáld, ljóðskáld; Ido: poeto; Ilocano: mannaniw; Indonesian: penyair, pujangga; Irish: file, bard; Italian: poeta, poetessa; Japanese: 詩人; Kannada: ಕವಿ; Kazakh: ақын; Khmer: កវី; Korean: 시인(詩人); Kurdish Central Kurdish: بوێژ‎; Northern Kurdish: helbestvan, şaîr; Kyrgyz: акын; Lao: ກະວີ; Latgalian: poets, ailinīks; Latin: poeta; Latvian: dzejnieks, dzejniece; Lithuanian: poetas, poetė, poeta; Macedonian: поет; Malay: penyair; Malayalam: കവി; Maltese: poeta, poetessa; Marathi: कवि, कवयित्री; Mongolian Cyrillic: шүлэгч; Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ; Nepali: कवि; Norman: poète; Norwegian Bokmål: poet, dikter; Nynorak: poet, diktar; Occitan: poèta, poetessa; Old English: sċop; Oriya: କବି; Ossetian: поэт; Pali: kavi; Pashto: شاعر‎; Persian: شاعر‎, شاعره‎; Polish: poeta, poetka; Portuguese: poeta, poetisa; Punjabi: ਕਵੀ; Romanian: poet, poetă; Russian: поэт, поэтесса; Rusyn: поет; Samogitian: puoets, puoetė; Sanskrit: कवि, काव्यम्; Scottish Gaelic: bàrd; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: пе̏снӣк, пје̏снӣк, пе̏сникиња, пје̏сникиња; Roman: pȅsnīk, pjȅsnīk, pȅsnikinja, pjȅsnikinja; Sicilian: pueta; Sinhalese: කවියා; Slovak: básnik, básnička, poeta, poetka; Slovene: pesnik; Sorbian Upper Sorbian: basnik; Spanish: poeta, poetisa; Swahili: mshairi; Swedish: poet; Tagalog: makata, manunula; Tajik: шоир, шеърнавис, нозим, шоира; Tamil: கவிஞர்; Tatar: шагыйрь; Telugu: కవి, కవయిత్రి; Thai: กวี; Tibetan: སྙན་ངག་མཁན; Tigrinya: ገጣሚ; Turkish: şair, ozan; Turkmen: şahyr, kyssachy; Ukrainian: поет, поетеса, поетка; Urdu: شاعر‎, شاعرہ‎; Uyghur: شائىر‎; Uzbek: shoir; Vietnamese: thi sĩ, nhà thơ; Volapük: poedan, hipoedan, jipoedan; Welsh: bardd; Yiddish: דיכטער‎, פּאָעט