aemulus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *aimelos, from *aimos (“imitation”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”). Cognate with Hittite 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 c (ḫi-im-ma-aš /⁠ḫimmaš⁠/, “substitute, imitation”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈae̯.mʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.mu.lus] === Adjective === aemulus (feminine aemula, neuter aemulum); first/second-declension adjective striving to equal or excel, rivaling in a bad sense, envious, jealous ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== aemulor ==== Descendants ==== English: emulous French: émule Italian: emulo → Portuguese: émulo, êmulo (Brazil) Romanian: emul Spanish: émulo === References === “aemulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aemulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aemulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.