Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μιμητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μιμητός μιμητή μιμητόν

Structure: μιμητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mime/omai

Sense

  1. to be imitated or copied

Examples

  • ἢ οὐδὲ μιμητόν ἐστι τοῦτο; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 10 4:4)
  • πῶσ γὰρ ἄν, ἔφη, μιμητὸν εἰή, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, ὃ μήτε συμμετρίαν μήτε χρῶμα μήτε ὧν σὺ εἶπασ ἄρτι μηδὲν ἔχει μηδὲ ὅλωσ ὁρατόν ἐστιν; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 10 4:5)
  • οὐκοῦν τοῦτό γε μιμητὸν ἐν τοῖσ ὄμμασι; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 10 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. to be imitated or copied

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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