georgic
English
Etymology
From Latin georgicum, georgicus.
Noun
georgic (plural georgics)
- A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folios 71, recto – 71, verso:
- And ſurely if the purpoſe be in good earneſt not to vvrite at leaſure that vvhich mẽ [men] may read at leaſure, but really to inſtruct and ſuborne Action and actiue life, theſe Georgickes of the mind concerning the huſbãdry & tillage thereof, are no leſſe vvorthy thẽ the heroical deſcriptiõs of vertue, duty, & felicity vvherfore the maine & primitiue diuiſion of Morall knovvledge ſeemeth to be into the Exemplar or Platforme of Good, and the Regiment or Culture of the mind; […]
Alternative forms
- georgick (obsolete)
Alternative forms
- georgick (obsolete)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “georgic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French géorgique.
Adjective
georgic m or n (feminine singular georgică, masculine plural georgici, feminine and neuter plural georgice)
Declension
Declension of georgic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | georgic | georgică | georgici | georgice | ||
| definite | georgicul | georgica | georgicii | georgicele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | georgic | georgice | georgici | georgice | ||
| definite | georgicului | georgicei | georgicilor | georgicelor | |||
Noun
georgic f (plural georgici)
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Declension
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References
- georgic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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