imitor

Latin

Etymology

Deponent frequentative verb derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”); same source as imāgō (“a copy, image”), aemulus and Hittite 𒄭𒈠 (ḫimma, “substitute, imitation”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.mi.tor/, [ˈɪ.mɪ.tɔr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.mi.tor/, [ˈiː.mi.tor]

Verb

imitor (present infinitive imitārī, perfect active imitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

I represent, express, portray.
I imitate, act like, copy after, seek to resemble, counterfeit.

Inflection

Conjugation of imitor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	imitor	imitāris, imitāre	imitātur	imitāmur	imitāminī	imitantur
	imperfect	imitābar	imitābāris, imitābāre	imitābātur	imitābāmur	imitābāminī	imitābantur
	future	imitābor	imitāberis, imitābere	imitābitur	imitābimur	imitābiminī	imitābuntur
	perfect	imitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	imitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	imitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	imiter	imitēris, imitēre	imitētur	imitēmur	imitēminī	imitentur
	imperfect	imitārer	imitārēris, imitārēre	imitārētur	imitārēmur	imitārēminī	imitārentur
	perfect	imitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	imitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	imitāre	—	—	imitāminī	—
active	future	—	imitātor	imitātor	—	—	imitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		imitārī, imitārier¹	imitātus esse	imitātūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		imitāns	imitātus	imitātūrus	—	—	imitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		imitārī, imitārier¹	imitandī	imitandō	imitandum	imitātum	imitātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Asturian: imitar
→ Catalan: imitar
→ English: imitate
→ French: imiter
→ Galician: imitar
→ Italian: imitare
→ Portuguese: imitar
→ Spanish: imitar

From *reimitor:

Galician: arremedar
Portuguese: arremedar
Spanish: remedar

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (1) to make a lifelike natural representation of a thing (used of the artist); (2) to be lifelike (of a work of art): veritatem imitari (Div. 1. 13. 23)

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