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  • 1 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

  • 2 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.
    * * *
    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

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  • competition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See contention. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of competing] Syn. rivalry, contention, contest, striving, strife, struggle, emulation, vying, controversy, coping with, opposition, pairing off, meeting …   English dictionary for students

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