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imitārī to imitate
imitārī is a Latin Verb that primarily means to imitate.
Definitions for imitārī
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
imitate
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To copy the conduct, action, practice, etc., of, imitate. (b) to follow, imitate (actions, conduct, etc.).
- 2
To make an imitation or reproduction of, copy. (b) to have the appearance of, resemble.
- 3
To assume or produce falsely the features or effect of, simulate. (b) to produce by simulation.
Sentences with imitārī
Latin to English
Ei mihi, difficile est imitari gaudia falsa, difficile est tristi fingere mente iocum.Compare Ah me, it is hard to act joyful when you are unhappy, hard to pretend gaiety when the heart is sad.
Necesse est aut imiteris aut oderis.Compare You must either imitate or loathe [the world].
Ubi sum is qui factum imitor?Compare Where are the (those) men whose deeds you are imitating?
Nisi forte rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis, ut quem ad modum temporum vices, its morum vertantur; nec omnia apud priores meliora, sed nostra quoque aetas muta laudis et artium imitanda posteris tulit.Compare Possibly there is in all things a kind of cycle, and there may be moral revolutions just as there are changes of seasons. Not was everything better in the past but our own age too has produced many specimens of excelence and culture for posterity to imitate.
Conjugation table for imitārī
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| imitor imitāris imitātur imitāmur imitāminī imitantur | imitābar imitābāris imitābātur imitābāmur imitābāminī imitābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| imitātus sum imitātus es imitātus est imitātī sumus imitātī estis imitātī sunt | imitātus eram imitātus erās imitātus erat imitātī erāmus imitātī erātis imitātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| imitābor imitāberis imitābitur imitābimur imitābiminī imitābuntur | imitātus erō imitātus eris imitātus erit imitātī erimus imitātī eritis imitātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| imiter imitēris imitētur imitēmur imitēminī imitentur | imitārer imitārēris imitārētur imitārēmur imitārēminī imitārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| imitātus sim imitātus sīs imitātus sit imitātī sīmus imitātī sītis imitātī sint | imitātus essem imitātus essēs imitātus esset imitātī essēmus imitātī essētis imitātī essent |
Infinitive present imitārī Infinitive perfect imitātum esse Infinitive future imitātūrum esse | Imperative present imitāre imitāminī Imperative future imitāto / imitātor imitāto / imitātor - imitanto / imitantor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| imitāns | imitantēs | |
| imitāns | imitantēs | |
| imitāns | imitantēs | |
| imitāns | imitantēs | |
| imitāns | imitantēs | |
| Participle future active | ||
| imitātūrus | imitātūrī | |
| imitātūrus | imitātūrī | |
| imitātūrus | imitātūrī | |
| imitātūrus | imitātūrī | |
| imitātūrus | imitātūrī | |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| imitātus | imitātī | |
| imitātus | imitātī | |
| imitātus | imitātī | |
| imitātus | imitātī | |
| imitātus | imitātī | |
| Gerundive | ||
| imitandus | imitandī | |
| imitandus | imitandī | |
| imitandus | imitandī | |
| imitandus | imitandī | |
| imitandus | imitandī | |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| imitārī | imitātum | |
| imitārī | imitātū | |
| imitārī | ||
| imitārī | ||
| imitārī | ||
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | imitāns | imitantēs |
| Gen. | imitantis | imitantium |
| Dat. | imitantī | imitantibus |
| Acc. | imitantem | imitantēs |
| Abl. | imitante | imitantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | imitātūrus | imitātūrī |
| Gen. | imitātūrī | imitātūrōrum |
| Dat. | imitātūrō | imitātūrīs |
| Acc. | imitātūrum | imitātūrōs |
| Abl. | imitātūrō | imitātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | imitātus | imitātī |
| Gen. | imitātī | imitātōrum |
| Dat. | imitātō | imitātīs |
| Acc. | imitātum | imitātōs |
| Abl. | imitātō | imitātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | imitandus | imitandī |
| Gen. | imitandī | imitandōrum |
| Dat. | imitandō | imitandīs |
| Acc. | imitandum | imitandōs |
| Abl. | imitandō | imitandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | imitārī | imitātum |
| Gen. | imitandī | imitātū |
| Dat. | imitandō | |
| Acc. | imitandum | |
| Abl. | imitandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 478.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 833.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "imitor, imitārī, imitātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/imitor-imitari-imitatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 478.on page 478
