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|lshtext=<b>mīmus</b>: i, m., = [[μῖμος]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[mimic]] [[actor]], [[mime]], Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242: oratori [[minime]] convenit [[distortus]] [[vultus]] gestusque: quae in mimis rideri solent, Quint. 6, 3, 29; Ov. A. A. 1, 501: [[nobilis]], Juv. 8, 198. —<br /><b>II</b> A [[mimic]] [[play]], [[mime]], [[farce]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: mimi [[exitus]], Cic. Cael. 27, 65: [[tutor]], [[mimus]] [[vetus]], id. de Or. 2, 64, 259: mimos scribere, Ov. Tr. 2, 497: mimorum [[scriptor]], Quint. 1, 10, 17: mimos commentari, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13: mimum agere, Suet. Caes. 39; Juv. 13, 110: [[mimus]] [[quis]] [[melior]] plorante [[gula]]? id. 5, 157.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., [[any]] [[thing]] [[farcical]], [[pretended]], [[unreal]].—Of the [[sham]] [[triumph]] of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 45: commendationis, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 53: humanae vitae, Sen. Ep. 80, 7: [[mimus]] et [[simulatio]], id. ib. 26, 5.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mīmus</b>,¹⁰ ī, m. ([[μῖμος]]),<br /><b>1</b> mime, pantomime, acteur de bas étage : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 81 ; de Or. 2, 242 ; Quint. 6, 3, 29 ; Ov. Ars 1, 501<br /><b>2</b> mime, farce de théâtre : Cic. Cæl. 65 ; Phil. 2, 65 ; Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 497 ; Suet. Cæs. 39 ; Juv. 13, 110 || [fig.] farce : Suet. Cal. 45 ; Plin. 7, 53 ; Sen. Ep. 80, 7.
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