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μιμηλός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μιμηλός μιμηλή μιμηλόν

Structure: μιμηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from mime/omai

Sense

  1. imitative
  2. imitated, copied

Examples

  • λέγεται δὲ καὶ βασιλεύσ τισ Αἰγύπτιοσ πιθήκουσ ποτὲ πυρριχίζειν διδάξαι καὶ τὰ θηρία ‐ μιμηλότατα δέ ἐστι τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ‐ ἐκμαθεῖν τάχιστα καὶ ὀρχεῖσθαι ἁλουργίδασ ἀμπεχόμενα καὶ προσωπεῖα περικείμενα, καὶ μέχρι γε πολλοῦ εὐδοκιμεῖν τὴν θέαν, ἄχρι δὴ θεατήσ τισ ἀστεῖοσ κάρυα ὑπὸ κόλπου ^ ἔχων ἀφῆκεν εἰσ τὸ μέσον· (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 36:5)

Synonyms

  1. imitative

  2. imitated

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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