aemulatio

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

aemŭlātĭo: ōnis, f. aemulor,
I an assiduous striving to equal or excel another in any thing, emulation (it denotes rather the mental effort, while imitatio regards more the mode of action; but rivalitas is a jealous rivalry, and therefore used only in a bad sense, while aemulatio is employed both in a good and bad sense) Cic. thus explains this word: aemulatio dupliciter illa quidem dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio nomen hoc sit; nam et imitatio virtutis aemulatio dicitur ... et est aemulatio aegritudo, si eo, quod concupierit, alius potiatur, ipse careat, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17. So,
I In a good sense, emulation: laudis, Nep. Att. 5; Vell. 1, 17: gloriae, Just. praef.; Tac. A. 2, 44, id Agr. 21; Suet. Calig. 19; id. Tib. 11: secundum aemulationem, in zeal, Vulg. Phil. 3, 6.—Transf., of the imitation of nature in painting: pictura fallax est et in aemulatione naturae multum degenerat transcribentium sors varia, Plin. 25, 2, 4, § 8.—
II In a bad sense, jealousy, envy, malevolence, δυσζηλία: aemulatio vitiosa, quae rivalitati similis est, Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56: infensa, Tac. A. 13, 19: municipalis, id. H. 3, 57: adversariorum, Suet. Ner. 23; cf. id. 33: aemulatio nasci tur ex conjunctione, alitur aequalitate, exardescit invidiā, cujus finis est odium, Plin. Pan. 84 al.: ad aemulationem eum provocaverunt, to jealousy (said of God), Vulg. Psa. 77, 58. contentiones, aemulationes, rivalries, ib. 2 Cor, 12, 20.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

æmulātĭō,¹⁰ ōnis, f. (æmulor), émulation [en bonne et en mauvaise part] : Cic. Tusc. 4, 17
1 désir de rivaliser, d’égaler : Liv. 1, 48, 8 ; 28, 21, 4 ; alicujus Tac. Ann. 2, 59 ; Suet. Cal. 19, désir de rivaliser avec qqn ; laudis Nep. Att. 5, 4, émulation de gloire ; honoris Tac. Agr. 21, rivalité d’honneur, cf. Ann. 2, 44 ; H. 2, 49 ; cum aliquo Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 5, 11, désir de rivaliser avec qqn
2 rivalité, jalousie : vitiosa æmulatione, quæ rivalitati similis est Cic. Tusc. 4, 56, avec une mauvaise émulation qui ressemble à la rivalité dans l’amour, cf. Liv. 26, 38, 9 ; 28, 40, 9, etc.; Tac. Agr. 9 ; H. 1, 65 ; 2, 30, etc. ; cum aliquo Suet. Tib. 11, rivalité avec qqn ; alicujus Suet. Nero 23, jalousie à l’égard de qqn