imitando
Dictionary entries
- Entry →imito, imitare, imitavi, imitatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
imitate/copy/mimic; follow; make an imitation/reproduction; resemble; simulate;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part. - Entry →imitor, imitari, imitatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
imitate/copy/mimic; follow; make an imitation/reproduction; resemble; simulate;
abl. sg. fut. part.abl. sg. fut. part.dat. sg. fut. part.dat. sg. fut. part.
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...historicos, in illis operibus oratores aut declamatores imitandos putemus. XXII. Sua cuique proposito lex, suus decor..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...primum audiet puer, harum verba effingere imitando conabitur, et natura tenacissimi sumus eorum quae rudibus animis percepimus..." - M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...Piso: Atqui, Cicero, inquit, ista studia, si ad imitandos summos viros spectant, ingeniosorum sunt; sin tantum modo..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Claudiae, quam nuptam ei rettuli, uxorem suam Enniam imitando amorem iuvenem inlicere pactoque matrimonii vincire, nihil abnuentem..."