imitor

Latin > English

imitor imitari, imitatus sum V DEP :: imitate, copy, mimic

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ĭmĭtor: ātus, 1 (archaic
I inf. pres. imitarier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25; Lucr. 5, 1377), v. freq. a. dep. root im-, cf. aemulus, to imitate.
I To represent, to express, copy, portray (class.): summum illum luctum penicillo, to portray, Cic. Or. 22, 74; cf.: oris (Coae Veneris) pulchritudo reliqui corporis imitandi spem auferebat, id. Off. 3, 2, 10: aut Ialysi aut Coae Veneris pulchritudinem, id. Or. 2, 5; id. Brut. 18, 70: chirographum, id. N. D. 3, 30, 74; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2: faber ungues Exprimet et molles imitabitur aere capillos, Hor. A. P. 33; cf.: argillā quidvis imitabitur udā, id. Ep. 2, 2, 8: hunc in persona lenonis, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: populi speciem et nomen, id. Rep. 3, 33: antiquitatem, id. Brut. 36, 137; cf.: heroum veteres casus fictosque luctus imitari atque adumbrare dicendo, id. de Or. 5, 47, 380: imitans, ut est mos, facta et dicta vivi, Suet. Vesp. 19: sine imitandorum carminum actu ludiones, not expressing by gesticulation, Liv. 7, 2, 4: gaudia falsa, Tib. 3, 6, 33; cf. maestitiam, Tac. A. 1, 24: quaecumque (pictura) imitata figuram est, Juv. 6, 341.— Poet.: putre solum imitamur arando, i. e. to make loose or friable, Verg. G. 2, 204: robore duro Stipitibus ferrum sudibusque imitantur obustis, replace, substitute, supply the place of, id. A. 11, 894: pocula vitea fermento atque sorbis, id. G. 3, 380; cf.: diuturni mores consensu utentium comprobati legem imitantur, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 9. —
II To imitate, to act like, copy after, seek to resemble, counterfeit something (so most freq.): imitabor nepam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 7: imitabor ergo Aratum, qui magnis de rebus dicere exordiens, a Jove incipiendum putat, Cic. Rep. 1, 36; cf.: imitor Archytam, id. ib. 1, 38: Platonem, id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: aliquem imitando effingere atque exprimere, id. de Or. 2, 22, 90; cf.: quem (eloquentem) si imitari atque exprimere non possumus, id. Or. 5, 19: quem postea imitati sunt multi, aequavit nemo, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 126: ipsi sibi imitandi fuerunt, Cic. Or. 53, 177: qui maxime imitandus, et solus imitandus est, Quint. 10, 2, 24; cf.: tu mihi maxime imitabilis, maxime imitandus videbaris, Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 4: noster ille amicus, dignus huic ad imitandum, Cic. Rep. 1, 1 Mos.: populi consuetudinem, id. ib. 2, 20: non dicam plura, ne, in quo te objurgem, id ipsum videar imitari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 6: in adeundis periculis consuetudo imitanda medicorum est, id. Off. 1, 24, 83: quod faciendum imitandumque est omnibus, ut, etc., id. Lael. 19, 70: factum praeclarum expositum ad imitandum, id. Phil. 2, 44, 114: in qua (sc. domo) sollicitas imitatur janua portas, resembles, Juv. 7, 42.!*?
   a Act. form ĭmĭto, āre (anteclass.): si malos imitabo, Liv. Andr. ap. Non. 473, 22 (Fragm. Trag. v. 1 Rib.): tuum opus nemo imitare potest, Varr. ib. 21.—
   b ĭmĭtātus, a, um, in pass. signif.: imitata et efficta simulacra, Cic. Univ. 3, 6: cum sint alii veri affectus, alii ficti et imitati, Quint. 11, 3, 61: nec abest imitata voluptas, Ov. M. 9, 481; Avien. Fab. 5, 17.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ĭmĭtor,⁸ ātus sum, ārī (cf. imago), tr.,
1 imiter, reproduire par imitation : chirographum Cic. Nat. 3, 74, imiter une signature ; aliquem in persona lenonis Cic. Com. 20, imiter qqn en jouant le rôle de leno ; antiquitatem Cic. Br. 137, imiter les façons de parler archaïques ; alicujus vitia Cic. de Or. 2, 92, reproduire les défauts de qqn, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 91 ; Br. 68 || [poét.] remplacer un objet par un objet semblable : ferrum sudibus Virg. En. 11, 894, remplacer le fer par des pieux || part. imitatus avec sens passif, qui est imité : Cic. Tim. 6 ; Quint. 11, 3, 61 ; Ov. M. 9, 481
2 imiter, être semblable à : signa imitantur veritatem Cic. Br. 70, des statues reproduisent la réalité ; humor sudorem videtur imitari Cic. Div. 2, 58, une humidité paraît semblable à de la sueur
3 rendre, exprimer, représenter : summum luctum penicillo Cic. Or. 74, rendre avec le pinceau le dernier degré de la douleur, cf. Or. 19 ; de Or. 2, 194 || [poét.] hoc (putre solum) imitamur arando Virg. G. 2, 204, (ce sol friable), nous cherchons à le reproduire par le labourage ; mæstitiam Tac. Ann. 1, 24, présenter les apparences de la tristesse. inf. imitarier Pl. Capt. 485 ; Lucr. 5, 1377.

Latin > German (Georges)

imitor, ātus sum, ārī (mit imago zu aemulus), I) schon Vorhandenes nachahmen, nachmachen, nachtun, nachahmend darstellen, A) eig.: a) v. Pers.: amictum alicuius aut statum aut motum, Cic.: chirographum, Cic.: falso manum (Handschrift) alcis, Eutr. – alqm, jmd. nachahmen, es jmdm. nachtun, Cic., alqm in aliqua re, Nep.: oratorem, Cic.: alcis consuetudinem, Nep.: vitia, Cic.: praeclarum factum, Cic.: fuit igitur stulta calliditas perverse imitata prudentiam, Cic.: in adeundis periculis consuetudo imitanda medicorum est, Cic.: tu mihi maxime imitandus videbaris, Plin. ep.: opera ardua imitatu, Val. Max. 4, 6 in. – Partiz. Perf. imitātus, passiv, nachgeahmt, nachgemacht, imitata et efficta simulacra, Cic. Tim. 8 M.: affectus ficti et imitati (Ggstz. affectus veri), Quint. 11, 3, 61: imitata voluptas, Ov. met. 9, 481: imitato murmure, Avian. fab. 5, 17. – b) v. Lebl. = gleichkommen, ähnlich sein, umor potest imitari sudorem, Cic.: cornua lunam imitata, dem Monde ähnlich, Ov. – B) poet. übtr., etwas durch etwas Ähnliches ersetzen, ferrum sudibus, Knüttel statt der Schwerter gebrauchen, Verg.: pocula vitea acidis sorbis, statt des Weins die Säure des Speierlings trinken, Verg. – II) (wie μιμεισθαι) noch nicht Dagewesenes darstellen, ausführen, ausdrücken (indem das im Geiste vorher entworfene Bild als Basis der Nachahmung gedacht wird; vgl. Ellendt Cic. de or. 2, 92), alqd penicillo, Cic.: capillos aere, Hor.: poet. putre solum (namque hoc imitamur arando), einen ähnlichen Boden wollen wir durch Pflügen darstellen, Verg. georg. 2, 204. – gaudium, an den Tag legen, zeigen, Tibull.: so auch maestitiam, Tac. – / Parag. Infinit. imitarier, Plaut. capt. 485. Lucr. 5, 1377. – vulg. Schreibung emitor, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 30103, 6 et nos antiquorum emitemur tempora.

Latin > Chinese

imitor, aris, ari. d. :: 效。扮。僞。— chirographum ejus 冒人字據。— moestitiam 裝悶。

Translations

imitate

Arabic Egyptian Arabic: قلد‎; Armenian: ընդօրինակել; Asturian: imitar; Belarusian: пераймаць, імітаваць; Bulgarian: подражавам, имитирам or; Catalan: imitar; Chinese Mandarin: 模擬／模拟; Czech: napodobit; Dutch: nabootsen, imiteren; Estonian: matkima; Finnish: matkia; French: imiter; Galician: imitar, arremedar; German: imitieren; Greek: μιμούμαι; Ancient Greek: ἀναμιμέομαι, ἀναμιμοῦμαι, ἀποτυπόω, ἀποτυπῶ, ἐγχαράσσω, ἐκμάσσω, ἐκμάττω, ἐκμιμέομαι, ἐκμιμοῦμαι, ἐπέρχομαι, ζηλοτυπέω, ζηλοτυπῶ, κατακολουθέω, κατακολουθῶ, μιμέομαι, μιμηλάζω, μιμοῦμαι, παραγράφω, παραμιμέομαι, παραμιμοῦμαι, παραξέω, παραξῶ, ὑποκορίζομαι, ὑποκουρίζομαι, ὑποκρινέομαι, ὑποκρίνομαι; Hungarian: utánoz, imitál; Italian: imitare; Japanese: 倣う, 真似る, 模倣する; Khmer: ត្រាប់, ធ្វើត្រាប់តាម; Korean: 흉내내다, 본뜨다; Latin: imitor; Malay: tiru; Maore Comorian: utiba; Maori: whakatau; Old English: onhyrian; Polish: naśladować, udawać, imitować; Portuguese: imitar; Russian: подражать, имитировать; Slovene: oponašati, posnemati, imitirati; Spanish: imitar; Swahili: iga; Swedish: imitera, imitera, härma; Telugu: అనుకరించు; Thai: เลียน, เลียนแบบ; Turkish: taklit etmek,, öykünmek,, örnek almak,(to follow as a model); Ukrainian: удавати, наслі́дувати, імітувати; Venetian: recavar; Vietnamese: nhái, bắt chước, theo đòi