μιμέομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. μιμήσομαι: aor. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐμιμησάμην <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>12.21</span>, etc.: pf. [[μεμίμημαι]] (v. infr.):—[[imitate]], [[represent]], [[portray]], ἔργα Γιγάντων <span class="bibl">Batr.7</span>; φωνάς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>163</span>; γόον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>12.21</span>; γλώσσης ἀϋτήν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>564</span>; τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ὄρχησιν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>2.21</span>; τινα <span class="bibl">Thgn.370</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.166</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.37</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1037</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μ. τινά τι</b> one in a thing, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.67</span>; <b class="b3">τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα</b> dub. in <span class="bibl">Id.2.104</span>; κατὰ φωνὴν ἢ κατὰ σχῆμα <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>393c</span>; [<b class="b3">ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>293e</span>; ἐπὶ τὸ σεμνόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>814e</span>; ἡδοναὶ μεμιμημέναι τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>40c</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">μιμήσεις πονηρὰς μ. τινά</b> [[imitate]] him in what is bad, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>705c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1430</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>306</span>; τὰ πλεῖστα μ. τὴν Κρητικὴν πολιτείαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1271b22</span>: pf. part. [[μεμιμημένος]], in act. sense, <b class="b3">στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι</b> [[pillar]]s made to [[represent]] [[palm]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.169</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>414b</span>: in pass. sense, [[made exactly like]], [[portrayed]], γραφῇ <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.78</span>, <span class="bibl">86</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1371b6</span>: pres. part. in pass. sense, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>604e</span>: fut. part. [[μιμηθησόμενον]] ib.<span class="bibl">599a</span>: aor. part. μιμηθέν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>668b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of the arts, [[represent]], [[express]] [[by means of]] [[imitation]], of an [[actor]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>605c</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>291</span> (lyr.); of painting and music, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>306d</span>; τὴν τῶν μελῶν μίμησιν τὴν εὖ καὶ τὴν κακῶς μεμιμημένην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>812c</span>; of poetry, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1447a17</span>, al.; of [[μῖμοι]], [[represent]], [[act]], τι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>2.21</span>.—Neither [[μῖμος]], [[μιμέομαι]], nor any derivs. occur in Il. or Od.:—Trag. use only pres. and fut.