aemulandum
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);
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part. - 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);
acc. sg. fut. part.acc. sg. fut. part.nom. sg. fut. part.voc. sg. fut. part.
Examples
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...conlatio et certamen adiuuandae rei publicae excitet ad aemulandum animos primum equestris ordinis, dein reliquae plebis. hanc unam..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...modo celebrata est, in castris animos militum ad aemulandum decus accendit. Iam Horatius eos excursionibus [sufficiendo] proeliisque levibus..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...afferebas excusationem adoptanti. An prona parvaque sunt ad aemulandum, quod nemo incolumitatem turpitudine rependit? Salva est omnibus vita..."