imitate Copy link Outline 1. ĭmĭtor, 1 (most gen. term)2. effingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to reproduce as from a model)3. exprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (like preced.)4. sĭmŭlo, 1 (poet.)5. aemŭlor, 1 (strictly., to strive to equal or excel, but in later writers also, to imitate)6. sĕquor, cūtus, 3 (to follow in the steps of)7. prōsĕquor, 38. consector, 1 (to aim at following) • imitate: 1. ĭmĭtor, 1 (most gen. term): to i. antiquity, antiquitatem i., Cic. we should i. the practice of physicians, consuetudo imitanda (est) medicorum, Cic. Join: imitari et sequi, Plin. Ep. 7, 30, fin.: imitari atque exprimere, Cic. Or. 5, 19. 2. effingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to reproduce as from a model): he seems to me to have i.d (successfully) the energy of Demosthenes, the pleasantness of Isocrates, videtur effinxisse vim Demosthenis, jucunditatem Isocratis, Quint. 10, 1, 108: more fully, ef. imitando, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90: Quint. 3. exprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (like preced.): Hor. A. P. 32: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90: v. to represent. 4. sĭmŭlo, 1 (poet.): he had i.d the lightning of Jove, fulmen Jovis simularat, Virg. Aen. 6, 591: cf. Sil. 15, 430, quod acus simulavit (imitated in embroidery) in ostro. 5. aemŭlor, 1 (strictly., to strive to equal or excel, but in later writers also, to imitate): cf. Tac. A. 6, 29, Labeo per abruptas venas sanguinem effudit, aemulataque est conjux. 6. sĕquor, cūtus, 3 (to follow in the steps of): to learn from the experienced, to i. the best, discere a peritis, s. optimos, Tac. Agr. 4: Hor.: cf. supr. (1). 7. prōsĕquor, 3: esp. with imitor: cf. Cic. Br. 36, 137: prosequebatur atque imitabatur antiquitatem. 8. consector, 1 (to aim at following): esp. with imitando: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90, insignia ac paene vitiosa consectantur imitando: Gell. See also to follow. Phr.: to devote oneself altogether to i.ing the Greeks, se totum ad imitationem Graecorum conferre, Quint. 10, 1, 108: to i. any one's example, alicujus vestigiis ingredi, Cic. Rep. 6, 24.