image (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The likeness of something2. sĭmŭlācrum (esp. a figure of a deity)3. ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. (esp. a portrait or bust of any one)II. A figure of a deity1. sĭmŭlācrum2. īdōlum or -on, i (not class.)III. An appearance presenting itself to the mindIV. A lively presentation of anything in figure1. ĭmāgo2. perh. spĕcies, ēi • image (subs.): I. The likeness of something: 1. effĭgies, ēi: an i. of a bacchante in stone, saxea ef. bacchantis, Cat. Fig.: (a son) the i. of his (father's) refinement and integrity, ef. et humanitatis et probitatis, Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 58: v. likeness. 2. sĭmŭlācrum (esp. a figure of a deity): v. infr. 3. ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. (esp. a portrait or bust of any one): Fig.: a faint (shadowy) i. of glory, adumbrata gloriae i., Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3: often used of images which present themselves to the mind: v. idea (II., 4). II. A figure of a deity: 1. sĭmŭlācrum: i.s of monstrous size, s. immani magnitudine, Caes. B. G. 6, 16: the most sacred i.s of the gods, deorum s. sanctissima, Cic. Div. Verr. 1, 3: Tac. 2. īdōlum or -on, i (not class.): Tert.: Vulg.: v. idol. (N.B.--Not imago in this sense, though Suet. has dimin. imaguncula, for a small image: effigies refers to the likeness conveyed rather than to the figure itself: cf. Tac. H. 2, 3, fin., simulacrum Deae non effigie humana, not in the likeness of a human being.) Sometimes the name of the deity may be put for the image: cf. Ov. Fast. 1, 201, Jupiter totus, a full-sized image of Jupiter. III. An appearance presenting itself to the mind: spĕcies, ĭmāgo: v. idea (II.). IV. A lively presentation of anything in figure: 1. ĭmāgo: this i. is not so very wide of you, haec a te non multum abludit i., Hor. S. 2, 3, 320: cf. Sen. Ep. 59, 5. 2. perh. spĕcies, ēi: cf. Hor. A. P. 8.