represent Copy link Outline I. To pourtray1. repraesento, 12. ĭmĭtor, 13. exprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (to delineate)4. sĭmŭlo, 1 (mostly poet.)5. fingo, finxi, fictum, 3 (to form, delineate)6. făcio, fēci, factum, 37. expr. by verbs which denote the special art by which an object is r.'dII. To stand in the place of anotherIII. To point out • represent: I. To pourtray: 1. repraesento, 1: to r. the images of absent objects to the mind, r. imagines rerum absentium animo, Quint. 6, 2, 29: to r. the virtue of Cato, r. virtutem Catonis, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 14: Niceratus r.'d Alcibiades (in a play), Niceratus repraesentavit Alcibiadem, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88: stage players r. grief, artifices scenici repraesentant tristitiam, Sen. Ep. 11, 7. 2. ĭmĭtor, 1: to r. deep anguish by the pencil, summum luctum penicillo i., Cic. Or. 22, 74: to r. the misfortunes of heroes by oratory, heroum casus i. dicendo, id. de Or. 2, 47, 194: to r. poems by acting, i. carmina, Liv. 7, 2. Join: exprimere et i., Hor. A. P. 33. 3. exprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (to delineate): to r. the figure of a man, e. hominis imaginem, Plin. 35, 12, 44: to r. this scene in verse, hanc speciem e. versibus, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79: Quint.: v. express, describe. 4. sĭmŭlo, 1 (mostly poet.): to r. a cypress, cupressum s., Hor. A. P. 20: with acc. and inf. in Ov. M. 6, 80. 5. fingo, finxi, fictum, 3 (to form, delineate): to r. a consummate orator, summum oratorem f., Cic. Or. 2, 7. 6. făcio, fēci, factum, 3: v. to make (A. VII.). 7. expr. by verbs which denote the special art by which an object is r.'d: as, to r. (by painting), pingere; v. paint: (in sculpture), sculpo; v. to sculpture. Phr.: an image of the goddess which did not r. her under a human form, simulacrum deae non effigie humana, Tac. H. 2, 3: not only his form and countenance but also his honour and glory is r.'d, non modo species et vultus sed honor etiam et gloria refertur, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, extr.: to r. the Cyclops by dancing, saltare Cyclopa, Hor. S. 1, 5, 63: a play of Afranius was r.'d, inducta est Afranii (fabula), Suet. Ner. 11: a play which is intended to be r.'d a second time, fabula quae vult reponi, Hor. A. P. 190: to r. persons as taking part in an imaginary dialogue, fictam orationem personis induere, Quint. 4, 1, 28. II. To stand in the place of another: best expr. by phr.: the magistrate r.s the state, magistratus gerit personam civitatis, Cic. Off. 1, 34, 124: there is no one who r.s the deceased more directly, nulla est persona quae ad vicem (ejus) propius accedat, id. Leg. 2, 19, 48: under pretence of r.ing another person, per speciem alienae fungendae vicis, Liv. 1, 41: Aeneas, who will r. your name, Aeneas qui te nomine reddet, Virg. Aen. 6, 768. III. To point out: prōpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: to r. the wishes of the senate, p. voluntatem senatus, Caes. B. C. 1, 3: v. state, point out.