μιμέομαι
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
English (LSJ)
fut. -ήσομαι: aor.
A ἐμιμησάμην Pi. P.12.21, etc.: pf. μεμίμημαι (v. infr.):—imitate, represent, portray, ἔργα Γιγάντων Batr.7; φωνάς h.Ap.163; γόον Pi.P.12.21; γλώσσης ἀϋτήν A.Ch.564; τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ὄρχησιν X.Smp.2.21; τινα Thgn.370, Hdt.4.166, Th.2.37, E.El.1037, etc.; μ.τινά τι one in a thing, Hdt.5.67; τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα dub. in Id.2.104; κατὰ φωνὴν ἢ κατὰ σχῆμα Pl. R.393c; [ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας, Id.Plt.293e; ἐπὶ τὸ σεμνόν Id.Lg.814e; ἡδοναὶ μεμιμημέναι τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα Id.Phlb.40c: c. acc. cogn., μιμήσεις πονηρὰς μ. τινά imitate him in what is bad, Id.Lg.705c, cf. Ar.Nu.1430, Pl.306; τὰ πλεῖστα μ. τὴν Κρητικὴν πολιτείαν Arist.Pol.1271b22: pf. part. μεμιμημένος, in act. sense, στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι pillars made to represent palms, Hdt.2.169, cf. Pl.Cra.414b: in pass. sense, made exactly like, portrayed, γραφῇ Hdt.2.78, 86, cf.Arist.Rh.1371b6: pres. part. in pass. sense, Pl.R.604e: fut. part. μιμηθησόμενον ib.599a: aor. part. μιμηθέν Id.Lg.668b. II of the arts, represent, express by means of imitation, of an actor, Id.R.605c, cf.Ar.Pl.291 (lyr.); of painting and music, Pl.Plt.306d; τὴν τῶν μελῶν μίμησιν τὴν εὖ καὶ τὴν κακῶς μεμιμημένην Id.Lg.812c; of poetry, Arist.Po.1447a17, al.; of μῖμοι, represent, act, τι X.Smp.2.21.—Neither μῖμος, μιμέομαι, nor any derivs. occur in Il. or Od.:—Trag. use only pres. and fut. μῑμ-ηλάζω, = foreg., ἀγαθὸν κακῷ μ. Ph.1.557 (s. v.l.); -άζοντες καὶ παρακόπτοντες τὸ δόκιμον νόμισμα ib.610 (-ίζοντες codd.), cf. Hsch.
