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ĭmĭtābĭlis, e, adj. [imitor],

  1. I. that may be imitated, imitable (rare but class.): orationis subtilitas imitabilis illa quidem videtur esse existimanti, Cic. Or. 23, 76; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 61; 10, 2, 12; 19: tu mihi maxime imitabilis, maxime imitandus videbaris, Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 4: non imitabile fulmen, Verg. A. 6, 590: quiddam, Ov. P. 4, 10, 77: neque est gemma alia imitabilior mendacio vitri, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 112.
  2. II. Imitative, inclined to imitate: homines imitabili natura, Vitr. 2, 1, 3.

ĭmĭtāmen, ĭnis, n. [imitor], imitation; abstr. and concr., a resemblance, likeness, imitation, image (Ovidian): somnia, quae veras aequent imitamine formas, Ov. M. 11, 626.
In plur.: artes, antiquae imitamina vitae, Ov. M. 4, 445: aetatis peragens imitamina nostrae, id. ib. 15, 200; id. F. 4, 211.

ĭmĭtāmentum, i, n. [imitor], imitation; abstr. and concr. (post-Aug.): simulacrum imitamenti Olympiaci Jovis, the statue, Amm. 22, 13, 1.
In plur.: tristitiae, acts in imitation of, Tac. A. 13, 4: veterum Romanorum, id. ib. 14, 57: opplevit omnia non simulacris neque imitamentis, sed luctu atque lamentis veris, Gell. 7, 5, 7.

ĭmĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [imitor], imitation (class.; cf. aemulatio).

  1. I. In gen.: imitatio virtutis aemulatio dicitur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17; cf. Quint. 1, 2, 26: excellentium civium virtus imitatione digna, Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17: imitatione tantam ingenii praestantiam consequi, id. Off. 3, 1, 1: ut ad imitationem sui vocet alios, id. Rep. 2, 42: periculosa exempli, id. Fl. 11, 24: antiquitatis, Quint. 11, 3, 10: nostrorum dictorum factorumque, id. 9, 2, 59: fori consiliorumque, id. 2, 4, 41 al.: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 215: nihil ostentationis aut imitationis afferre, id. 3, 12, 45: longe difficillima est imitationis imitatio, the copying of a copy, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 3: certatim haec omnis imitatio lacessivit, ut, etc., Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.
    1. B. The faculty of imitation: ingenii signum in parvis praecipuum memoria est: … proximum imitatio, Quint. 1, 3, 1.
  2. II. In rhet. lang.
    1. A. Imitation of an orator: imitatio est, in qua impellimur cum diligenti ratione, ut aliquorum similes in dicendo velimus esse, Auct. Her. 1, 2, 3; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 22 sq.; Quint. 10, 2.
    2. B. Imitation of a natural sound, onomatopœia, Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42.

ĭmĭtātīvus, a, um, adj. [imitor], representing by imitation, Diom. p. 479 P.

ĭmĭtātor, ōris, m. [imitor], an imitator, copyist, mimic (class.).

        1. (α) With gen.: permulti imitatores principum exsistunt, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 31: Thucydidis, Quint. 10, 1, 74: Atticorum, id. ib. 115; 12, 10, 14: veterum facinorum, Cic. Vatin. 9, 22: Brutus erat stulti sapiens imitator, Ov. F. 2, 717: fulminis, id. M. 14, 618.
        2. (β) Absol.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219: nec desilies imitator in artum, Hor. A. P. 134: o imitatores, servum pecus, id. Ep. 1, 19, 19.

ĭmĭtātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [imitator], secondary, imitative (opp. originale): peccatum, Aug. Cont. Jul. 6, 24.

ĭmĭtātrix, īcis, f. [imitator], she that imitates (rare but class.): boni (voluptas), Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47: gloriae, id. Tusc. 3, 2, 4: avis imitatrix ac parasita, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 68.

ĭmĭtātus, ūs, m. [imitor], an imitation, Aus. Per. Odyss. 14, 3.

ĭmĭtor, ātus, 1 (archaic inf. pres. imitarier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25; Lucr. 5, 1377), v. freq. a. dep. [root im-, cf. aemulus], to imitate.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
    Note:
        1. 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.
        2. 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.