aemulatio

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ēmulātiō, ēmulāciō (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From aemulor (“to rival, emulate”) +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ae̯.mʊˈɫaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.muˈlat.t͡si.o] === Noun === aemulātiō f (genitive aemulātiōnis); third declension The endeavor to be equal to or match another in something; emulation, ambition; rivalry, competition. Jealousy, envy, malevolence. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (emulation): aemulātus, certāmen, zēlus (rivalry): aemulātus, certāmen, competītiō (jealousy): invidentia, invidia, simultās, zēlotypia, zēlus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “aemulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aemulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aemulatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.