aemulabantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aemulo, aemulare, aemulavi, aemulatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
ape, imitate, emulate; be envious, jealous of, vie with a rival; copy (book);
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd - Entry →aemulor, aemulari, aemulatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
ape, imitate, emulate; be envious, jealous of, vie with a rival; copy (book);
pl. imperf. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...consumptus est, passim qui oderant, qui invidebant, qui aemulabantur, adulatores etiam praesentis potentiae non responsurum invaserunt. Ille tamen..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...utraque impudica, infamis, violenta, haud minus vitiis aemulabantur quam si qua ex fortuna prospera acceperant. enimvero certamen acerrimum..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...saepius vi perpulerant, ac pleraque municipia et coloniae aemulabantur corruptissimum quemque adulescentium pretio inlicere. Sed Vitellius adventu fratris..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...Caesarum munera illitos cibis hamos, opertos praeda laqueos, aemulabantur; quum privatis facultatibus velut hausta et implicata, retro secum..."