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imaginarius

imaginarius · adj

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Where it lives

Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
De Carne Christi 2 · 2.1/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
De Constantia 1 · 1.89/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Monogamia 1 · 1.43/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 3 · 1.14/10k
Adversus Marcionem 6 · 0.72/10k
Adversus Praxean 1 · 0.68/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 3 1 · 0.5/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĭmāgĭnārĭus — Lewis & Short

ĭmāgĭnārĭus, a, um, adj.imago.

I Of or belonging to images, image- (late Lat.): pictor, plastes, Edict. Diocl. p. 22.—

B Subst.: imaginarius, ii, m., i. q. imaginifer, the bearer of the emperor's image (as a standard), Veg. Mil. 2, 7.—

II That exists only in imagination or appearance, seeming, nominal, fancied, imaginary (syn.: falsus, simulatus; opp. verus; not anteAug.): fasces, Liv. 3, 41, 1: titulus nuptiarum (with falsus), App. Mag. p. 323: venditio, Gai. Inst. 2, 113; Dig. 18, 1, 55: solutio, Gai. Inst. 3, 169; 173: imaginariae militiae genus, Suet. Claud. 25: funus, Capit. Pertin. 15: et scaenicus rex, Flor. 2, 14, 4: indictio belli, id. 4, 10, 2: paupertas, Sen. Ep. 20, 13; 58, 27: honor verborum, id. Const. Sap. 3, 3. —* Adv.: ĭmāgĭnārĭē, according to imagination: effingere epigrammata, as fancy prompts, Sid. Ep. 2, 10.

In the wild

imaginaria Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 2.20.13
imaginarii Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 27
imaginaria Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2.20.10.2
imaginarium Apuleius, Apologia 76
imaginariis Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.3.41.1
imaginaria Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.8.p2

6 of 26 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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