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ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
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|lshtext=<b>mīmus</b>: i, m., = [[μῖμος]] | |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 /> <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 /> <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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mīmus: i, m., = μῖμος.
I 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. —
II A mimic play, mime, farce.
A 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.—
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.
