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  • 1 imitatio

    ĭmĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], imitation (class.; cf. aemulatio).
    I.
    In gen.:

    imitatio virtutis aemulatio dicitur,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17; cf. Quint. 1, 2, 26:

    excellentium civium virtus imitatione digna,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

    imitatione tantam ingenii praestantiam consequi,

    id. Off. 3, 1, 1:

    ut ad imitationem sui vocet alios,

    id. Rep. 2, 42:

    periculosa exempli,

    id. Fl. 11, 24:

    antiquitatis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 10:

    nostrorum dictorum factorumque,

    id. 9, 2, 59:

    fori consiliorumque,

    id. 2, 4, 41 al.:

    in omni re vincit imitationem veritas,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 215:

    nihil ostentationis aut imitationis afferre,

    id. 3, 12, 45:

    longe difficillima est imitationis imitatio,

    the copying of a copy, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 3:

    certatim haec omnis imitatio lacessivit, ut, etc.,

    Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.—
    B.
    The faculty of imitation:

    ingenii signum in parvis praecipuum memoria est:... proximum imitatio,

    Quint. 1, 3, 1.—
    II.
    In rhet. lang.
    A.
    Imitation of an orator:

    imitatio est, in qua impellimur cum diligenti ratione, ut aliquorum similes in dicendo velimus esse,

    Auct. Her. 1, 2, 3; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 22 sq.; Quint. 10, 2.—
    B.

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  • 2 effigies

    effĭgĭes, ēi (ante-class. form nom.:

    effĭgĭa,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 7; Afran. ap. Non. 493, 2; Inscr. Orell. 7416 l.— Nom. plur.:

    effigiae,

    Lucr. 4, 105.— Acc. plur.:

    effigias,

    id. 4, 42 and 85), f. [effingo, I.], an (artistic) copy, imitation of an object (in concreto— for syn. cf.: imago, pictura, simulacrum, signum, statua, tabula).
    I.
    (Class.) With the accessory idea of resemblance obtained by imitation, a likeness, portrait, image, effigy.
    A.
    Lit.:

    formarum,

    Lucr. 4, 105; cf. id. ib. 42 and 85: Veneris, * Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

    deus effigies hominis et imago,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103:

    quandam effigiem spirantis mortui,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1; cf. also: simulacrum deae (Veneris) non effigie humana, Tac. H. 2, 3 fin.; and:

    quam satus Iapeto... Finxit in effigiem moderantum cuncta deorum,

    Ov. M. 1, 83:

    vix convenire videretur, quem ipsum hominem cuperent evertere, ejus effigiem simulacrumque servare,

    his mere effigy, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65 fin.:

    effigiem Xanthi Trojamque videtis,

    Verg. A. 3, 497; of shades, ghosts:

    effigiem nullo cum corpore falsi finxit apri,

    Ov. M. 14, 358; Sil. 13, 778; cf.:

    effigies, immo umbrae hominum,

    Liv. 21, 40, 9;

    of the shade of a deceased person in a dream,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 4;

    or in the lower world,

    Sil. 13, 779. —
    2.
    Adv.: in or ad effigiem or effigie, after the likeness of, in the form of, like, Sil. 5, 5; Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62; 21, 5, 11, § 23.—
    B.
    Trop. (a favorite expression of Cic.):

    perfectae eloquentiae speciem animo videmus, effigiem auribus quaerimus,

    its imitation, Cic. Or. 3 (v. the passage in connection); cf.:

    consiliorum ac virtutum effigiem relinquere,

    id. Arch. 12, 30:

    Sex. Peducaeus reliquit effigiem et humanitatis et probitatis suae filium,

    the image, id. Fin. 2, 18, 58; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 2; id. de Or. 1, 43, 193; Liv. 26, 41; 1, 56:

    ad effigiem justi imperii scriptus,

    the ideal, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

    ut res ipsas rerum effigies notaret,

    id. de Or. 2, 86 fin.; cf.

    effingo, I. B.: ostensus est in alia effigie,

    appeared in another form, Vulg. Marc. 16, 12.—
    II.
    Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, in gen., the plastic (less freq. the pictorial) representation of an object, an image, statue, portrait: saxea ut effigies bacchantis, * Cat. 64, 61; Verg. A. 2, 167; 184; 3, 148; 7, 177; Hor. S. 1, 8, 30; Ov. H. 20, 239; Tac. A. 1, 74; 6, 2; id. H. 5, 9 al.; Quint. 6, 1, 32; cf. id. 12, 10, 5; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Sap. 15, 4.

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  • 3 imitāmen

        imitāmen inis, n    [imitor], an imitation, likeness, image: Somnia, quae veras aequent imitamine formas, O.—Plur., O.
    * * *
    imitation; copy

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  • 4 imitātiō

        imitātiō ōnis, f    [imitor], a copying, imitation: virtutis: virtus imitatione digna: nihil ostentationis imitationis adferre, affectation.
    * * *
    imitation, copy, mimicking

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  • 5 simulāmen

        simulāmen inis, n    [simulo], a copy, imitation, O.
    * * *
    imitation, simulation

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  • 6 speculum

        speculum ī, n    [SPEC-], a reflector, lookingglass, mirror: speculorum lēvitas: Inspicere, tamquam in speculum, in vitas omnium, T.: quotiens te speculo videris alterum, H.: ut in speculo rugas aspexit anilīs, O.: Lympharum in speculo, i. e. smooth surface, Ph.—Fig., a mirror, copy, imitation: (infantes et bestias) putat specula esse naturae.
    * * *
    mirror, looking glass, reflector; copy, imitation

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  • 7 exemplum

    exemplum, i, n. [eximo], orig., what is taken out as a sample (cf. eximius, from eximo), a sample.
    I.
    Prop. (cf. exemplar, specimen):

    purpurae, tritici,

    Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    An imitation, image, portrait taken from something; a draught, transcript, copy.
    1.
    Hic quoque exemplum reliquit, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 56; cf.:

    o Apella, o Zeuxis pictor, Cur numero estis mortui? hinc exemplum ut pingeretis: Nam alios pictores nihil moror hujusmodi tractare exempla,

    id. Poen. 5, 4, 102 sq.; and in a pun with the follg. signif. under B.: Th. Exempla edepol faciam ego in te. Tr. Quia placeo, exemplum expetis, id. Most. 5, 1, 67:

    aedes probant: sibi quisque Inde exemplum expetunt,

    a sketch, draught, id. ib. 1, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 75 sq.:

    Pompeii litterarum ad consulem exemplum attulit: Litterae mihi a L. Domitio allatae sunt: earum exemplum infra scripsi... Deinde supposuit exemplum epistolae Domitii, quod ego ad te pridie miseram,

    a transcript, copy, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1 sq.; 8, 11, 6; 7, 23, 3; id. Fam. 9, 26, 3; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 23 al.—
    2.
    An equal, parallel:

    clarissimum Homeri inluxit ingenium, sine exemplo maximum,

    Vell. 1, 5, 1.—
    B.
    A sample for imitation, instruction, proof, a pattern, model, original, example, precedent, case (the predominant meaning of the word).
    1.
    In gen.:

    ut mutum in simulacrum ex animali exemplo veritas transferatur,

    from a living model, original, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

    feruntur enim ex optimis naturae et veritatis exemplis,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    propones illi exempla ad imitandum,

    id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; cf.:

    habere exemplum ad imitandum (corresp. to exemplar),

    id. Mur. 31, 66; and:

    nostris exemplo fuit ad imitandum,

    Suet. Gramm. 2:

    exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 46 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 31 fin.:

    loquimur de iis amicis, qui ante oculos sunt... Ex hoc numero nobis exempla sumenda sunt,

    id. Lael. 11, 38:

    aliquem ex barbatis illis exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis,

    id. Sest. 8, 19:

    a sapiente petitur exemplum,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 16:

    exemplum a me petere,

    Liv. 7, 32, 12:

    ab eodem Pompeio omnium rerum egregiarum exempla sumantur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    ab se ipso exemplum capi posse,

    Liv. 1, 49, 2; cf.:

    cum et ipse sis quasi unicum exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 5:

    quod in juventute habemus illustrius exemplum veteris sanctitatis?

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

    innocentiae,

    id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

    qua in muliere etiam nunc quasi exempli causa vestigia antiqui officii remanent,

    as a pattern, example, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27 (cf. infra, 2.):

    eum virum, unde pudoris pudicitiaeque exempla peterentur,

    id. Deiot. 10, 28:

    firmare animum constantibus exemplis (for constantiae),

    Tac. A. 16, 35; cf.:

    exemplum modestum,

    id. H. 2, 64:

    vitiosi principes plus exemplo quam peccato nocent,

    by their example, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

    (Tullus Hostilius) de imperio suo, exemplo Pompilii, populum consuluit curiatim,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    quod autem exemplo nostrae civitatis usus sum, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 39: atrox videbatur Appi sententia;

    rursus Vergini Larciique exemplo haud salubres,

    i. e. judged by the precedent, Liv. 2, 30 init.:

    divinare morientes etiam illo exemplo confirmat Posidonius, quo affert, etc.,

    by that example, that case, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64; id. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

    hinc illa et apud Graecos exempla... levitatis Atheniensium crudelitatisque in amplissimos cives exempla,

    id. Rep. 1, 3:

    datum in omnes provincias exemplum,

    Tac. A. 1, 78; so,

    dare exemplum,

    to set the example, id. ib. 4, 50:

    tertia legio exemplum ceteris praebuit,

    id. H. 2, 85; 4, 52; Val. Max. 3, 6, 5.—
    2.
    Esp. in phrase: exempli causā or gratiā, for instance, for an example (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 437):

    exempli causa paucos nominavi,

    for example's sake, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 2; cf.:

    quia in alicujus libris exempli causa id nomen invenerant, putarunt, etc.,

    id. Mur. 12, 27; id. Inv. 1, 37, 66:

    haec exempli gratia sufficient,

    Quint. 9, 2, 56; cf.:

    pauca exempli gratia ponam,

    id. 6, 5, 6; 5, 10, 110; cf.:

    ex quibus in exemplum pauca subjeci,

    Suet. Tib. 21 et saep.:

    venit in exemplum furor,

    teaches, Ov. F. 4, 243; cf. Just. 23, 3.—
    3.
    In partic., a warning example, an example, warning, punishment (rare):

    exemplum statuite in me, ut adolescentuli vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; cf.:

    quibus liberi sunt, statuite exemplum, quantae poenae in civitate sint hominibus istiusmodi comparatae,

    Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

    simile in superiore parte provinciae edere exemplum severitatis tuae,

    Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5; cf. Tac. A. 3, 36 fin.; so,

    edere exempla in aliquem,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 21; Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 12; Liv. 29, 27, 4:

    ut ne viderem, quae futura exempla dicunt in eum indigna,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 24:

    habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum,

    Tac. A. 14, 44:

    meritum quidem novissima exempla Mithridatem,

    i. e. the punishment of death, id. ib. 12, 20:

    esse in exemplo,

    to serve as a warning, Ov. M. 9, 454; cf. Vulg. Judae, 7 al.:

    exemplo supplicii reliquos deterrere,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 44, 1.—
    4.
    Law t. t., a precedent:

    ad exemplum trahere,

    Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6:

    alicui sine exemplo subvenire,

    id. ib. —
    C.
    A way, manner, kind, nature:

    multi more isto atque exemplo vivunt,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 11; cf.:

    negat se more et exemplo populi Romani posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3:

    uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:

    istoc exemplo,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

    quot me exemplis ludificatust,

    id. Ep. 5, 2, 6:

    eodem exemplo, quo,

    Liv. 31, 12, 3:

    ad hoc exemplum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 6:

    quod ad exemplum,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 76 et saep.—Hence often of methods or examples of punishment (cf. 3. supra):

    quando ego te exemplis pessumis cruciavero,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 33:

    omnibus exemplis crucior,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 35; 55; 5, 1, 67.—Freq. of the tenor, purport, contents of a letter, etc.:

    litterae uno exemplo,

    i. e. of the same tenor, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; 10, 5, 1:

    scribere bis eodem exemplo,

    id. ib. 9, 16, 1:

    testamentum duplex... sed eodem exemplo,

    Suet. Tib. 76:

    Capua litterae sunt allatae hoc exemplo: Pompeius mare transiit, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

    (litterarum) exemplum componere,

    id. Agr. 2, 20, 53; Suet. Calig. 55.

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  • 8 imago

    ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. [cf. imitor], an imitation, copy of a thing, an image, likeness (i. e. a picture, statue, mask, an apparition, ghost, phantom; the latter only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: simulacrum, effigies, statua, sigillum): imago ab imitatione dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf.: imago dicitur quasi imitago, Porphyr. Hor. C. 1, 12, 4.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a representation, likeness (usu. of a person), statue, bust, picture:

    Spartiates Agesilaus neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse... unus Xenophontis libellus in eo rege laudando facile omnes imagines omnium statuasque superavit,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

    Demosthenes, cujus nuper inter imagines tuas ac tuorum imaginem ex aere vidi,

    id. Or. 31, 110:

    Epicuri in poculis et in anulis,

    id. Fin. 5, 1, 3: hominis imaginem gypso e facie ipsa primus omnium expressit ceraque in eam formam gypsi infusa emendare instituit Lysistratus Sicyonius, Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153:

    Africani,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 10:

    mulieris,

    Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    Antigoni,

    id. 2, 13, 12:

    depictam in tabula sipariove imaginem rei,

    id. 6, 1, 32:

    si in tabula mea aliquis pinxerit velut imaginem,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 78:

    cereae,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 76; id. S. 1, 8, 43:

    ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,

    Juv. 7, 29:

    hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat,

    Mart. 9, 1:

    epistula atque imago me certum fecit,

    i. e. the image on the seal, the signet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 35; 4, 2, 29; 4, 7, 105:

    nunc amici anne inimici sis imago, Alcesime, mihi, sciam,

    i. e. will act like a friend, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 1.—
    2.
    A phantom, ghost, apparition:

    infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae Visa mihi ante oculos et nota major imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 773; cf.:

    et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago,

    shade, spirit, Verg. A. 4, 654; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6; cf. id. ib. 1:

    non vanae redeat sanguis imagini,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 15:

    (somnus) Vanum nocturnis fallit imaginibus,

    Tib. 3, 4, 56; cf. Hor. C. 3, 27, 40; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Calig. 50:

    te videt in somnis, tua sacra et major imago humana turbat pavidum,

    Juv. 13, 221:

    quid natum totiens falsis Ludis imaginibus?

    phantoms, Verg. A. 1, 408:

    ubique pavor et plurima mortis imago,

    id. ib. 2, 369; cf.:

    repetitaque mortis imago,

    Ov. M. 10, 726:

    lurida mortis imago,

    Petr. 123, v. 257:

    varia pereuntium forma et omni imagine mortium,

    Tac. H. 3, 28:

    caesorum insepultorumque,

    id. A. 1, 62:

    supremorum (i. e. funeris) imago,

    id. H. 4, 45.— Poet.:

    genitiva (with forma),

    natural shape, figure, Ov. M. 3, 331; so,

    rudis et sine imagine tellus (= informis),

    shapeless, id. ib. 1, 87.—
    B.
    In partic., an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions.—
    (α).
    In plur.: obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum, commendatione fumosarum imaginum, quarum simile habes nihil praeter colorem, of smoky (i. e. old) ancestral images, Cic. Pis. 1, 1; cf. Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 1; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

    si quid deliquero, nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

    no ancestors of distinction, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; cf.:

    quia imagines non habeo et quia mihi nova nobilitas est,

    Sall. J. 85, 25:

    qui imagines familiae suae consecuti sunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1:

    homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum,

    Sall. J. 85, 10:

    majorum imagines,

    id. ib. 5, 5; Suet. Vesp. 1:

    multis in familia senatoriis imaginibus,

    id. Aug. 4:

    esto beata, funus atque imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 11:

    qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

    id. S. 1, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6 sqq.; Prop. 2, 13, 19; Suet. Vesp. 19.—
    (β).
    In sing. (rare):

    jus imaginis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

    imaginis ornandae causa,

    id. Sest. 8, 19:

    vir honoratissimae imaginis futurus ad posteros,

    Liv. 3, 58, 2:

    clarum hac fore imagine Scaptium,

    would become an aristocrat, id. 3, 72, 4, v. Weissenb. ad loc.:

    Tunc Cotta ne imago Libonis exsequias posterorum comitaretur censuit,

    Tac. A. 2, 32.
    II.
    Transf., a reverberation of sound, an echo (mostly poet.):

    (mellaria facere oportet) potissimum ubi non resonent imagines,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

    concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat imago,

    Verg. G. 4, 50; cf. Sil. 14, 365:

    alternae deceptus imagine vocis: Huc coëamus ait... Coëamus retulit Echo,

    Ov. M. 3, 385:

    cujus recinit jocosa Nomen imago,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 4; so,

    jocosa Vaticani montis,

    id. ib. 1, 20, 8:

    vaga,

    Val. Fl. 3, 596.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., an image or likeness of a thing formed in the mind, a conception, thought, imagination, idea:

    Scipionis memoriam atque imaginem sibi proponere,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

    magnam partem noctium in imagine tua vigil exigo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 5, 1:

    Verginium cogito, Verginium video, Verginium jam vanis imaginibus audio,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 12: imagines, quae eidôla nominant, quorum incursione non solum videmus, sed etiam cogitamus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 21; cf.:

    imagines extrinsecus in animos nostros per corpus irrumpere,

    id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plena sunt imaginum omnia, nulla species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, etc.; id. Div. 2, 67, 137 sq.: unum aliquem te ex barbatis illis, exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis, columen rei publicae diceres intueri, an image of the olden time, id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

    expressam imaginem vitae quotidianae videre,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    quidnam illi consules dictatoresve facturi essent, qui proconsularem imaginem tam saevam ac trucem fecerint, i. e. by cruelty in office,

    Liv. 5, 2, 9:

    naturae... urbis et populi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 39 fin.:

    justitiae,

    Quint. 2, 20, 6:

    virtutis,

    id. 10, 2, 15:

    similitudines ad exprimendas rerum imagines compositae,

    id. 8, 3, 72: illae rerum imagines, quas vocari phantasias indicavimus, id. 10, 7, 15:

    conscripta formantur imagine templa,

    plans, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

    scipione determinata prius templi imagine in solo,

    Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

    tua, pater Druse, imago,

    memory, Tac. A. 1, 13:

    magna illic imago tristium laetorumque,

    recollection, id. ib. 2, 53:

    si te nulla movet tantae pietatis imago,

    Verg. A. 6, 405.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In rhet., a figurative representation, similitude, comparison:

    comparabile est, quod in rebus diversis similem aliquam rationem continet. Ejus partes sunt tres: imago, collatio, exemplum. Imago est oratio demonstrans corporum aut naturarum similitudinem, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

    imago est formae cum forma cum quadam similitudine collatio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Sen. Ep. 59, 92; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 320; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—
    2.
    With the idea predominating of mere imitation, in opp. to what is original or real, a mere form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow:

    consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

    nos veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus: umbra et imaginibus utimur,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf.:

    non in umbra et imagine civitatis, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 30; and:

    umbram equitis Romani et imaginem videtis,

    id. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

    haec ars tota dicendi, sive artis imago quaedam est et similitudo, habet hanc vim, ut, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:

    judiciorum,

    only the appearance of courts, id. Sest. 13, 30; cf.:

    imaginem rei publicae nullam reliquissent,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 88:

    his quoque imaginibus juris spretis,

    Liv. 41, 8, 10:

    imaginem retinendi largiendive penes nos, vim penes Parthos,

    Tac. A. 15, 14:

    habitu et ore ad exprimendam imaginem honesti exercitus,

    the pretence, id. ib. 16, 32; 6, 27; id. H. 1, 84; 3, 70:

    qui faciem eloquentiae, non imaginem praestaret,

    id. Or. 34:

    nec imagine rerum, sed rebus incendit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 16:

    in falsa rerum imagine detineri,

    id. 10, 5, 17; cf.:

    nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine, quam quod illi (hermae) marmoreum caput est, tua vivit imago,

    Juv. 8, 55.—
    3.
    A representative: non in effigies mutas divinum (Augusti) spiritum transfusum;

    sed imaginem veram, caelesti sanguine ortam, intellegere discrimen, etc.,

    Tac. A. 4, 52.—
    4.
    That which suggests or recalls something by resemblance, a reminder:

    me consolatur recordatio meorum temporum, quorum imaginem video in rebus tuis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

    a Corbulone petierat, ne quam imaginem servitii Tiridates perferret,

    nothing to suggest slavery, Tac. A. 15, 31; cf.:

    moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo possim imaginem antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis adgnoscere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > imago

  • 9 imitamen

    ĭmĭtāmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], imitation; abstr. and concr., a resemblance, likeness, imitation, image (Ovidian):

    somnia, quae veras aequent imitamine formas,

    Ov. M. 11, 626.—In plur.:

    artes, antiquae imitamina vitae,

    Ov. M. 4, 445:

    aetatis peragens imitamina nostrae,

    id. ib. 15, 200; id. F. 4, 211.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > imitamen

  • 10 imitamentum

    ĭmĭtāmentum, i, n. [id.], imitation; abstr. and concr. (post-Aug.):

    simulacrum imitamenti Olympiaci Jovis,

    the statue, Amm. 22, 13, 1.—In plur.:

    tristitiae,

    acts in imitation of, Tac. A. 13, 4:

    veterum Romanorum,

    id. ib. 14, 57:

    opplevit omnia non simulacris neque imitamentis, sed luctu atque lamentis veris,

    Gell. 7, 5, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > imitamentum

  • 11 aemulātiō

        aemulātiō ōnis, f    [aemulor], rivalry, emulation, competition: inter alquos, N.: gloriae, L.: honoris, Ta.: vitiosa.— Plur, jealousies, C.
    * * *
    rivalry, ambition; unfriendly rivalry; (envious) emulation, imitation

    Latin-English dictionary > aemulātiō

  • 12 effigiēs

        effigiēs acc. em, f    [ex + FIG-], a copy, imitation, counterpart, likeness, semblance, effigy: deus hominis: deorum, O.: quem cuperent evertere, eius effigiem servare, his mere effigy.—An image, statue, figure: avorum ex cedro, V.: Neronis, Ta.: Saxea bacchantis, Ct.: Lanea, H.—Fig., an image, ideal, symbol, expression: consiliorum ac virtutum effigiem relinquere: reliquit effigiem probitatis suae filium, the image: sui ingeni, symbol, L.: ad effigiem iusti imperi scriptus: ut res ipsas rerum effigies notaret.
    * * *
    copy, image, likeness, portrait; effigy, statue; ghost

    Latin-English dictionary > effigiēs

  • 13 exemplum

        exemplum ī, n    [EM-], a sample, specimen: hominum exempla, i. e. representatives of the race, O.— An imitation, image, portrait, draught, transcript, copy: earum (litterarum), S.: epistulae.— A pattern, model, original, example, precedent, incident, case: simulacrum ab animali exemplo transfertur: litterarum, a draft: exempla ad imitandum: naturae et veritatis: Ex hoc numero (amicorum) nobis exempla sumenda sunt: vir exempli recti: in oculis exemplum erat Fabius, L.: exemplum a me petere, L.: qui exemplum et rectores habebantur, Ta.: spinas Traxit in exemplum, O.: habuerunt virtutes spatium exemplorum, i. e. room to show themselves, Ta.: quasi exempli causā, as an example: sequimur exempla deorum, O.: sententiae exemplo haud salubres, i. e. by becoming a precedent, L.: mala exempla ex rebus bonis orta sunt, S.: illo exemplo confirmat, etc., by that instance: Venit in exemplum furor, served as a lesson, O.: exempli causā paucos nominavi, for example's sake: exempli gratiā.— A warning example, warning, lesson, penalty: Exemplum statuite in me, ut, etc., T.: simile severitatis tuae: in eos omnia exempla cruciatūsque edere, Cs.: ea in civitatem exempli edendi facultas, L.: in eum indigna, T.: esse in exemplo, to serve as a warning, O. — A way, manner, kind, nature: more et exemplo populi R. iter dare, Cs.: eodem exemplo quo, L.: exemplo nubis aquosae Fertur, after the manner of, O.— A tenor, purport, contents: litterae uno exemplo: scribere bis eodem exemplo: hoc exemplo, as follows.
    * * *
    example, sample, specimen; instance; precedent, case; warning, deterent; pattern, model; parallel, analogy; archtype; copy/reproduction, transcription

    Latin-English dictionary > exemplum

  • 14 imāgō

        imāgō inis, f    [2 IC-], an imitation, copy, image, representation, likeness, statue, bust, picture: tabularum, exact copy: cereae, H.: macra, Iu.: genetiva, natural figure, O.: sine imagine tellus, shapeless, O.—An ancestral image, mask (of a man who had been aedile, praetor, or consul): ius imaginis: avi tui: clarum hac fore imagine, i. e. would become an aristocrat, L.: fumosae, smoky ancestral images: nullae sunt imagines, quae, etc., ancestors of distinction: imagines non habeo, S.: imagines familiae suae: homo multarum imaginum, S.: funus imagines ducant triumphales tuum, H.—A phantom, ghost, apparition, vision: magna mei sub terras ibit imago, shade, V.: vana, H.: inhumani coniugis, V.: natum falsis Ludis imaginibus, phantoms, V.: mortis, O.: somni, a dream, O.: nocturnae, Tb.—A reverberation, echo: resonare tamquam imago: vocis offensa resultat imago, V.: iocosa montis, H.—Fig., an image, conception, thought, imagination, idea: Scipionis imaginem sibi proponere: antiquitatis, an image of the olden time: proconsularem imaginem tam saevam facere (i. e. by cruelty in office), L.: tantae pietatis, V.: poenaeque in imagine tota est, O. —A figure of speech, similitude, comparison, C.: haec a te non multum abludit imago, H.—An empty form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow: adumbrata gloriae: equitis Romani: rei p.: his imaginibus iuris spretis, L.—A reminder, suggestion: quorum (temporum) imaginem video in rebus tuis: genitoris imagine capta, V.
    * * *
    likeness, image, appearance; statue; idea; echo; ghost, phantom

    Latin-English dictionary > imāgō

  • 15 (imitāmentum

        (imitāmentum ī), n    [imitor], an imitation, copy.—Only plur: veterum Romanorum, Ta.: tristitiae, Ta.

    Latin-English dictionary > (imitāmentum

  • 16 similitūdō

        similitūdō inis, f    [similis], likeness, resemblance, similitude: est igitur homini cum deo similitudo: ad similitudinem deorum accedere, to resemble more closely: genus imperi proximum similitudini regiae, closely resembling royalty: contrahit celeriter similitudo eos, L.: sunt quaedam animi similitudines cum corpore: id ad similitudinem panis efficiebant, Cs.: similitudo speciesque sapientium: amoris humani.— Analogy, reasoning from precedents: cetera (genera causarum) similitudini reliquisti.— Sameness, uniformity, monotony: similitudo est satietatis mater.—In rhet., a comparison, simile, similitude: ex similitudine, by way of comparison: similitudinum copia: volgata, L.
    * * *
    likeness, imitation; similarity, resemblance; by-word (Plater); parable

    Latin-English dictionary > similitūdō

  • 17 simulācrum

        simulācrum ī, n    [simulo], a likeness, image, figure, portrait, effigy, statue: eius simulacrum servare: deorum simulacra: templa adire, et ante simulacra proiecti, etc., Cs.: Vix positum Castris (the Palladium), V.: simulacra oppidorum: pugnarum, L.— An image, reflection, form, shade, phantom: quid frustra simulacra fugacia (in aquā visa) captas? O.: infelix Creüsae, ghost, V.: vana (noctis), O.: simulacra modis pallentia miris, V. — A mnemonic sign, figure, emblem: simulacris pro litteris uti.— A description, portraiture, characterization: viri copiosi, L.—Fig., a shadow, semblance, appearance, imitation, pretence: religionis simulacra fingere: aliquod civitatis: pugnaeque cient simulacra sub armis, mock-fights, V.: navalis pugnae, L.: simulacra libertatis senatui praebere, Ta.
    * * *
    likeness, image, statue

    Latin-English dictionary > simulācrum

  • 18 cacozelia

    bad taste; affection of style; bad/faulty/awkward imitation (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > cacozelia

  • 19 cacozelus

    cacozela, cacozelum ADJ
    stylistically affected; bad imitator/imitation of; in bad taste

    Latin-English dictionary > cacozelus

  • 20 hypocrisis

    hypocrisy, pretended sanctity; mimicry, imitation of speech/gestures

    Latin-English dictionary > hypocrisis

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