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.
REPRESENT Copy link • REPRESENTTo depict or describe the form of a thing, repraesentare (Plin., Quint.; to set clearly before the view): exprimere: fingere: effingere (to express; of an artist): pingere: depingere (to paint): reddere et offerre alicui aliquid (of the memory): oculis, sub oculos, or sub aspectum alicujus subjicere aliquid (of persons, by description, etc.). The artist represented him in the act of sacrificing, artifex eum sacrificantem expressit. To describe mimetically, to sustain the person of, agere. To represent an individual, alicujus partes agere: alicujus personam induere, suscipere, or gerere (either on the stage or otherwise): to represent a play, fabulam dare (☞ not fabulam docere, which means “to train the actors”). To bring before the mind, give notice of, aliquem de aliqua re monere, or with ut or ne (to admonish): aliquem aliquid docere (to instruct): ostendere alicui aliquid (or with an accusative and infinitive): to represent to anyone the impossibility of a thing, alicui ostendere rem fieri non posse: to represent to one the benefits of a thing, aliquem docere quanta sit alicujus rei utilitas: to represent to one’s self, cogitare: animo cogitare: cogitatione sibi fingere: animo sibi effingere: animo concipere: aliquem, or aliquid oculis, or ante oculos proponere: aliquem, aliquid, sibi proponere: cogitare de aliquo or de aliqua re: ☞ repraesentare aliquid or sibi aliquem does not occur until the Silver Age. To be in the place or act on behalf of anyone, agere aliquem or pro aliquo (☞ not se agere aliquem): gerere or sustinere alicujus personam (☞ not agere alicujus personam): vicem alicujus implere (Plin., Ep.).