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
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...historicos, in illis operibus oratores aut declamatores imitandos putemus. XXII. Sua cuique proposito lex, suus decor..."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..."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..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Claudiae, quam nuptam ei rettuli, uxorem suam Enniam imitando amorem iuvenem inlicere pactoque matrimonii vincire, nihil abnuentem..."