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{{Lewis

|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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|georg=aemulus, a, um, es jmdm. od. (in) [[einer]] [[Sache]] [[gleich]] zu [[tun]] strebend, I) im guten Sinne, in seinem [[Streben]] es gleichtuend, nachstrebend, nacheifernd, wetteifernd, [[Nacheiferer]], -erin, [[Wetteiferer]], -erin, [[Nebenbuhler]], -erin, a) eig., m. Dat., [[mihi]] es [[aemula]], [[dein]] [[Streben]] kommt dem meinigen [[gleich]], Plaut.: [[quae]] ([[patria]]) [[nunc]] subit [[aemula]] laudi, Verg.: [[dictator]] [[Caesar]] summis oratoribus [[aemulus]], Tac. – gew. m. Genet., mearum [[laudium]], Cic.: domesticae laudis, Cic.: [[Hannibal]] [[aemulus]] itinerum Herculis, Liv.: Timagenis [[aemula]] [[lingua]], Hor. – [[mit]] in u. Akk., in convivas [[aemulus]], Apul. [[met]]. 1, 4: in nuptias [[aemula]], ibid. 5, 27. – subst., [[aemulus]], ī, m., alcis, Cic. u.a.: [[citra]] aemulum, [[ohnegleichen]], Quint.: insbes., der eifrige [[Anhänger]] eines philos. Systems, eiusdem rationis ([[Lehre]]), Cic. Tusc. 4, 6: [[cuius]] (Zenonis) inventorum aemuli [[Stoici]] nominantur, Cic. Mur. 61. – b) übtr., v. dem, [[was]] seinen Leistungen, seiner [[Beschaffenheit]] [[nach]] gleichs. [[mit]] etw. wetteifert, einem Gegenstande gleichkommend, gleichzustellend, [[tibia]] tubae [[aemula]], Hor.: mustelae marinis aemulae, Plin.: [[ficus]] piris magnitudine [[aemula]], Plin. – II) im üblen Sinne, scheelsüchtig, neidisch, [[eifersüchtig]], nebenbuhlerisch, [[Nebenbuhler]], -erin, a) übh.: [[Carthago]] [[aemula]] imperii [[Romani]], Sall.: remoto [[aemulo]], Tac.: v. Lebl., [[aemula]] [[senectus]], neidische ([[auf]] die Vorzüge der [[Jugend]]), Verg. – dah. [[feindlich]], gegnerisch, Eccl. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 338). – b) insbes., [[aemulus]], ī, m. u. [[aemula]], ae, f., der [[Nebenbuhler]], die Nebenbuhlerin in Liebesangelegenheiten, m. b. Cic. u.a., f. b. Ov.

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