poetica licentia

== Latin == === Etymology === Literally, “poetic licence”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [poˈeː.tɪ.ka lɪˈkɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [poˈɛː.ti.ka liˈt͡ʃɛn.t͡si.a] === Noun === poētica licentia f (genitive poēticae licentiae); first declension (rhetoric) poetic licence (any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken to achieve a desired effect) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun with a first-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: licentia poetica === References === “licentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press