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..."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..."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..."