piratia

Latin

Etymology

From pīrāta + -ia.

Noun

pīrātia f (genitive pīrātiae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, rare) piracy
    Synonym: pīrātica (Classical)
    • 1577, unknown, British guild record , (in C. Gross, The Guild Merchant (1890, 2 volumes), book 2, no. 112):[1]
      in consideracione magne pauperitatis et decasus dictorum mercatorum per multa infortunita maris et piratie eis accidencia
      (in a more classical spelling) In cōnsīderātiōne magnae pauperitātis (paupertātis) et dēcāsūs dīctōrum mercātōrum per multa īnfortūnita (īnfortūnia) maris et pīrātiae eīs accidentia
      in consideration of the great proverty and misfortune of the above-mentioned merchants due to unfortunate events with the sea and piracy experienced by them

Further reading

  1. as cited in "piratia", Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources
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