Lewis & Short

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ĭmāgĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. [imago].

  1. I. Of or belonging to images, image- (late Lat.): pictor, plastes, Edict. Diocl. p. 22.
    1. B. Subst.: imaginarius, ii, m., i. q. imaginifer, the bearer of the emperor’s image (as a standard), Veg. Mil. 2, 7.
  2. II. That exists only in imagination or appearance, seeming, nominal, fancied, imaginary (syn.: falsus, simulatus; opp. verus; not anteAug.): fasces, Liv. 3, 41, 1: titulus nuptiarum (with falsus), App. Mag. p. 323: venditio, Gai. Inst. 2, 113; Dig. 18, 1, 55: solutio, Gai. Inst. 3, 169; 173: imaginariae militiae genus, Suet. Claud. 25: funus, Capit. Pertin. 15: et scaenicus rex, Flor. 2, 14, 4: indictio belli, id. 4, 10, 2: paupertas, Sen. Ep. 20, 13; 58, 27: honor verborum, id. Const. Sap. 3, 3.
    * Adv.: ĭmāgĭnārĭē, according to imagination: effingere epigrammata, as fancy prompts, Sid. Ep. 2, 10.