The corpus record — Latin

aemulator

aemulator · m

a zealous imitator

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Where it lives

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De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
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Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
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What it meant

aemŭlātor — Lewis & Short

aemŭlātor, ōris, m.id.,

I a zealous imitator, emulator (in a good sense), zhlwth/s: ejus (sc. Catonis), * Cic. Att. 2, 1 fin.: animus aemulator Dei, Sen. Ep. 124 fin.: virtutum aemulator fuit, Just. 6, 3: aemulatores sunt legis, Vulg. Act. 21, 20; 1 Cor. 14, 12.—Eccl., of God as jealous of his honor: Deus est aemulator, (the Lord) is a jealous God, Vulg. Exod. 34, 14.

Where it came from

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