aemulus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aemulus, aemula, aemulum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
envious, jealous, grudging, (things) comparable/equal (with/to);
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →aemulus, aemuli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rival, competitor, love rival; diligent imitator/follower; equal/peer;
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...infra famam sunt, qua diu princeps orator, aliquando aemulus Ciceronis existimatus est, novissime, quoad vixit, secundus, ut appareat..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Tullius, qui ubique, etiam in hoc opere Platonis aemulus exstitit. Egregius vero multoque quam in orationibus praestantior Brutus..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ideoque et illorum de quibus supra dixi fuit aemulus et ultra Socraten usque duravit. X. Thrasymachus Calchedonius..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Athon aut Rhodopen maestae nemora ardua Pisae aemulus et miseros ipse ureret Elidis agros. hac pelago libat latices..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...atque utinam potius de stirpe ueniret aemulus Aonia, quem fas demittere leto, nec mea crudelis ciuili sanguine uirtus..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Styga mittere credita Diti. uenit et Idaeis ululatibus aemulus Azan Parrhasiique duces, et quae risistis, Amores, grata pharetrato..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...clipeique cruenta lux rubet, et solem longe ferit aemulus orbis. hunc ubi Sarmaticos etiamnum efflare labores Iuppiter..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...mortem petens irruit. Alter post hunc, paternae virtutis aemulus, conceptis sollemnibus ac iam familiaribus verbis in aciem confertissimam..."