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|lshtext=<b>aemŭlus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. [[ἁμιλλάομαι]] | |lshtext=<b>aemŭlus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. [[ἁμιλλάομαι]] and ἅμα, [[imitor]], [[imago]], Germ. ahmen (Eng. [[aim]]) in nachahmen = to [[imitate]],<br /><b>I</b> [[striving]] [[after]] [[another]] [[earnestly]], emulating, rivalling, [[emulous]] (cf. [[aemulatio]] and [[aemulor]]), in a [[good]] and [[bad]] [[sense]]; constr. [[with]] dat. or as subst. [[with]] gen.<br /><b>I</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]], Att. ap. Auct. Her, 2, 26, 42: laudum, Cic. Phil. 2, 12: laudis, id. Cael. 14: [[aemulus]] [[atque]] [[imitator]] studiorum ac laborum, id. Marc. 1: Timagenis [[aemula]] [[lingua]], Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15: itinerum Herculis, Liv. 21, 41.—With ne and subj.: milites aemuli, ne dissimiles viderentur, Aur. Vict Caes. 8, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[both]] of one [[who]], [[with]] a [[hostile]] [[feeling]], strives [[after]] the possessions of [[another]], and of one [[who]], on [[account]] of his [[strong]] [[desire]] for a [[thing]], envies him [[who]] possesses it; [[envious]], [[jealous]], [[grudging]].— With gen.: [[Karthago]] [[aemula]] imperii Romani, Sall C. 10; Vell. 2, 1: [[Triton]], Verg. A. 6, 173: quem remoto [[aemulo]] aequiorem sibi sperabat, Tac. A. 3, 8: Britannici, Suet. Ner. 6.—<br /><b>III</b> Subst., a [[rival]] = [[rivalis]]: mihi es [[aemula]], [[you]] are my [[rival]] (i. e. [[you]] [[have]] the [[same]] [[desire]] as I), Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 8; si non [[tamquam]] virum, at [[tamquam]] aemulum removisset, Cic. Verr 2, 5, 31: et si nulla subest [[aemula]], languet [[amor]], Ov A. A. 2, 436.—By meton. (eccl.), an [[enemy]]: videbis aemulum tuum in templo, Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 32; affligebat eam [[aemula]], ib. 1, 6.— In gen., [[mostly]] of things [[without]] [[life]], vying [[with]], rivalling a [[thing]], i. e. [[comparable]] to, [[similar]] to, [[with]] dat., v. Rudd. II. p. 70 ([[poet]]., and in [[prose]] [[after]] the Aug. per.): [[tibia]] tubae Aemula, Hor. A. P. 203: labra rosis, Mart. 4, 42: Tuscis vina cadis, id. 13, 118; Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63; id. 15, 18, 19, § 68 al.: Dictator [[Caesar]] summis oratoribus [[aemulus]], i. e. aequiparandus, Tac. A. 13, 3.!*? Facta dictaque ejus [[aemulus]] for aemulans, Sall. Fragm. Hist. 3 (cf. [[celatum]] [[indagator]] for indagans in Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 15, [[unless]] [[celatum]] be here a gen.). | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
aemŭlus: a, um, adj. cf. ἁμιλλάομαι and ἅμα, imitor, imago, Germ. ahmen (Eng. aim) in nachahmen = to imitate,
I striving after another earnestly, emulating, rivalling, emulous (cf. aemulatio and aemulor), in a good and bad sense; constr. with dat. or as subst. with gen.
I In a good sense, Att. ap. Auct. Her, 2, 26, 42: laudum, Cic. Phil. 2, 12: laudis, id. Cael. 14: aemulus atque imitator studiorum ac laborum, id. Marc. 1: Timagenis aemula lingua, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15: itinerum Herculis, Liv. 21, 41.—With ne and subj.: milites aemuli, ne dissimiles viderentur, Aur. Vict Caes. 8, 3.—
II In a bad sense, both of one who, with a hostile feeling, strives after the possessions of another, and of one who, on account of his strong desire for a thing, envies him who possesses it; envious, jealous, grudging.— With gen.: Karthago aemula imperii Romani, Sall C. 10; Vell. 2, 1: Triton, Verg. A. 6, 173: quem remoto aemulo aequiorem sibi sperabat, Tac. A. 3, 8: Britannici, Suet. Ner. 6.—
III Subst., a rival = rivalis: mihi es aemula, you are my rival (i. e. you have the same desire as I), Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 8; si non tamquam virum, at tamquam aemulum removisset, Cic. Verr 2, 5, 31: et si nulla subest aemula, languet amor, Ov A. A. 2, 436.—By meton. (eccl.), an enemy: videbis aemulum tuum in templo, Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 32; affligebat eam aemula, ib. 1, 6.— In gen., mostly of things without life, vying with, rivalling a thing, i. e. comparable to, similar to, with dat., v. Rudd. II. p. 70 (poet., and in prose after the Aug. per.): tibia tubae Aemula, Hor. A. P. 203: labra rosis, Mart. 4, 42: Tuscis vina cadis, id. 13, 118; Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63; id. 15, 18, 19, § 68 al.: Dictator Caesar summis oratoribus aemulus, i. e. aequiparandus, Tac. A. 13, 3.!*? Facta dictaque ejus aemulus for aemulans, Sall. Fragm. Hist. 3 (cf. celatum indagator for indagans in Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 15, unless celatum be here a gen.).
