imitatio

Latin

Etymology

Formed from imitor (“imitate”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”).

Noun

imitātiō f (genitive imitātiōnis); third declension

  1. imitation

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative imitātiō imitātiōnēs
Genitive imitātiōnis imitātiōnum
Dative imitātiōnī imitātiōnibus
Accusative imitātiōnem imitātiōnēs
Ablative imitātiōne imitātiōnibus
Vocative imitātiō imitātiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • imitatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imitatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imitatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • imitatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • in everything nature defies imitation: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas
    • a lifelike picture of everyday life: morum ac vitae imitatio
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