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emulous

  • 1 aemulus

        aemulus adj.    [2 IC-, AIC-], striving earnestly after, emulating, rivalling, vying with, emulous: laudis: studiorum: itinerum Herculis, L. — Envious, jealous, grudging, malicious: Triton, V.— As subst, a rival: alqm tamquam aemulum removere. — Of things, rivalling, comparable, similar: tibia tubae, H.: Carthago inperi Romani, S.
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    I
    aemula, aemulum ADJ
    envious, jealous, grudging, (things) comparable/equal (with/to)
    II
    rival, competitor, love rival; diligent imitator/follower; equal/peer

    Latin-English dictionary > aemulus

  • 2 aemulus

    aemŭlus, a, um, adj. [cf. hamillaomai and hama, imitor, imago, Germ. ahmen (Eng. aim) in nachahmen = to imitate], striving after another earnestly, emulating, rivalling, emulous (cf. aemulatio and aemulor), in a good and bad sense; constr. with dat. or as subst. with gen.
    I.
    In a good sense, Att. ap. Auct. Her, 2, 26, 42:

    laudum,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 12:

    laudis,

    id. Cael. 14:

    aemulus atque imitator studiorum ac laborum,

    id. Marc. 1:

    Timagenis aemula lingua,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15:

    itinerum Herculis,

    Liv. 21, 41.—With ne and subj.: milites aemuli, ne dissimiles viderentur, Aur. Vict Caes. 8, 3.—
    II.
    In a bad sense, both of one who, with a hostile feeling, strives after the possessions of another, and of one who, on account of his strong desire for a thing, envies him who possesses it; envious, jealous, grudging. — With gen.: Karthago aemula imperii Romani, Sall C. 10; Vell. 2, 1:

    Triton,

    Verg. A. 6, 173:

    quem remoto aemulo aequiorem sibi sperabat,

    Tac. A. 3, 8:

    Britannici,

    Suet. Ner. 6.—
    III.
    Subst., a rival = rivalis: mihi es aemula, you are my rival (i. e. you have the same desire as I), Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 8;

    si non tamquam virum, at tamquam aemulum removisset,

    Cic. Verr 2, 5, 31: et si nulla subest aemula, languet amor, Ov A. A. 2, 436.—By meton. (eccl.), an enemy:

    videbis aemulum tuum in templo,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 32;

    affligebat eam aemula,

    ib. 1, 6.— In gen., mostly of things without life, vying with, rivalling a thing, i. e. comparable to, similar to, with dat., v. Rudd. II. p. 70 ( poet., and in prose after the Aug. per.):

    tibia tubae Aemula,

    Hor. A. P. 203:

    labra rosis,

    Mart. 4, 42:

    Tuscis vina cadis,

    id. 13, 118; Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63; id. 15, 18, 19, § 68 al.:

    Dictator Caesar summis oratoribus aemulus, i. e. aequiparandus,

    Tac. A. 13, 3.
    ► Facta dictaque ejus aemulus for aemulans, Sall.
    Fragm. Hist. 3 (cf. celatum indagator for indagans in Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 15, unless celatum be here a gen.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aemulus

См. также в других словарях:

  • Emulous — Em u*lous, a. [L. aemulus. See {Emulate}.] 1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; with of; as, emulous of another s example or virtues. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • emulous — late 14c., from L. aemulus, from aemulari (see EMULATION (Cf. emulation)). Related: Emulously …   Etymology dictionary

  • emulous — *ambitious Analogous words: aspiring, aiming, panting (see AIM vb): *eager, avid, keen, anxious, athirst, agog …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • emulous — [em′yo͞o ləs, em′yələs] adj. [L aemulus: see EMULATE] 1. desirous of equaling or surpassing 2. characterized or caused by emulation 3. Obs. jealous; envious SYN. AMBITIOUS emulously adv. emulousness n …   English World dictionary

  • emulous — emulously, adv. emulousness, n. /em yeuh leuhs/, adj. 1. desirous of equaling or excelling; filled with emulation: boys emulous of their fathers. 2. arising from or of the nature of emulation, as actions or attitudes. 3. Obs. jealous; envious.… …   Universalium

  • emulous — adjective Date: 1535 1. a. inspired by or deriving from a desire to emulate b. ambitious or eager to emulate 2. obsolete jealous • emulously adverb • emulousness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • emulous — adjective ambitious or competitive See Also: emulate, emulation …   Wiktionary

  • emulous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Full of ambition: ambitious, aspiring. See DESIRE. 2. Given to competition: competitive. See CONFLICT …   English dictionary for students

  • emulous — adj. ambitious, desirous (of success); emulative, imitative …   English contemporary dictionary

  • emulous — [ ɛmjʊləs] adjective formal seeking to emulate. Derivatives emulously adverb Origin ME: from L. aemulus rival …   English new terms dictionary

  • emulous — a. 1. Competing, rivalling. 2. Very desirous or eager to excel or equal. 3. Contentious, envious, jealous. 4. [With of.] Very desirous, eager …   New dictionary of synonyms

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