imitor

== Latin == === Etymology === Deponent frequentative verb derived from Proto-Italic *imā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”); same source as Latin imāgō f (“a copy, image”), Latin aemulus (“envious, rivaling”, adjective) and Hittite 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 c (ḫi-im-ma-aš /⁠ḫimmaš⁠/, “substitute, imitation”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪ.mɪ.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.mi.tor] === Verb === imitor (present infinitive imitārī or imitārier, perfect active imitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent to represent, express, portray to imitate, act like, copy after, seek to resemble, counterfeit ==== Conjugation ==== 1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “imitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “imitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “imitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.