imitor

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Latin

Etymology

Deponent frequentative verb derived from Proto-Italic *imā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”); same source as Latin imāgō f (“a copy, image”), Latin aemulus (“envious, rivaling”, adjective) and Hittite 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 c (ḫi-im-ma-aš /⁠ḫimmaš⁠/, “substitute, imitation”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of imitor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
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
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
first second third first second third
active present — imitāre — — imitāminī —
future — imitātor imitātor — — imitantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present imitārī,
imitārier1 		— imitāns —
future imitātūrum esse — imitātūrus imitandus
perfect imitātum esse — imitātus —
future perfect imitātum fore — — —
perfect potential imitātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
imitandī imitandō imitandum imitandō imitātum imitātū

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

Derived terms

Descendants

From *reimitor:

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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