IMITATION Copy link • IMITATIONAs an action or state, imitatio (general term): aemulatio (an emulating; Vid: To IMITATE, on imitari and aemulare): cacozelia (an aping, Quint.). Excessive imitation, nimia imitatio: servile imitation, *imitatio servilis (opposed to liberalis; i. e., a rational one); also by circumlocution with imitari; e.g., ad imitationem alicujus se conferre, or ad aliquem imitandum se conferre: To propose anything for imitation, aliquid ad imitandum proponere: by imitation, imitatione: imitando. Thing imitated, res imitatione or imitando expressa; res imitando efficta (☞ Imitamentum does not belong to classical prose). To be an imitator of anything, imitatione ex aliqua re expressum esse.