aemulantur
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. pres. 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. pres. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...forum ingenia. Namque et consummati iam patroni veteribus aemulantur et eos iuvenum ad optima tendentium imitatur ac sequitur..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...inutiles lusus, cum positis invicem cuiusque generis quaestiunculis aemulantur. XII. Mores quoque se inter ludendum simplicius detegunt: modo..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...epulas Verginio. legati tribunique ex moribus imperatorum severitatem aemulantur vel tempestivis conviviis gaudent; proinde miles intentus aut licenter..."