aemularentur
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. subj. 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. subj. 3rd
Examples
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...numquam in acie dimicassent, hortabatur ut veteranorum virtutem aemularentur eorumque famam locum nomen victoria parta cuperent possidere. Itaque..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...divus Iulius recessisset, modo virtutem maiorum suorum aemularentur. Neve proelii unius aut alterius eventu pavescerent: plus impetus felicibus..."
