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imitamentum

imitamentum · n

imitation

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Where it lives

Annales 3 · 0.34/10k
Res Gestae 3 · 0.24/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ĭmĭtāmentum — Lewis & Short

ĭmĭtāmentum, i, n.id.,

I imitation; abstr. and concr. (post-Aug.): simulacrum imitamenti Olympiaci Jovis, the statue, Amm. 22, 13, 1.—In plur.: tristitiae, acts in imitation of, Tac. A. 13, 4: veterum Romanorum, id. ib. 14, 57: opplevit omnia non simulacris neque imitamentis, sed luctu atque lamentis veris, Gell. 7, 5, 7.

In the wild

imitamentis Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 2.1.13
imitamentis Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.5.7
imitamentum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 17.4.15
imitamentis Tacitus, Annales 13.p4
imitamenta Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.10.14
imitamenta Tacitus, Annales 3.p5

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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