imitatio

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Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

imitātiō f (genitive imitātiōnis); third declension

  1. imitation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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