aemulature
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);
voc. sg. fut. act. part.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Claudianorum, an quae Neroni falsus adstruit scriptor? An aemulatur inprobi iocos Phaedri? Lasciuus elegis an seuerus herois..."- P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...forte volvantur. quippe sapientissimos veterum quique sectam eorum aemulatur diversos reperies, ac multis insitam opinionem non initia nostri..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...optimus honestissimus, nostri amantissimus; praeterea in litteris veteres aemulatur exprimit reddit, Propertium in primis, a quo genus ducit..."