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μῑμ-έομαι

mimeomai

imitate, represent, portray

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Where it lives

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What it meant

μῑμ-έομαι · mim-eomai — LSJ

imitate, represent, portray, in, imitate, made to represent, made exactly like, portrayed

imitate, represent, portray, ἔργα Γιγάντων Batr. 7; φωνάς h.Ap. 163; γόον Pi. P. 12.21; γλώσσης ἀϋτήν A. Ch. 564; τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ὄρχησιν X. Smp. 2.21; τινα Thgn. 370, Hdt. 4.166, Th. 2.37, E. El. 1037, etc.; μ. τινά τι one in a thing, Hdt. 5.67; τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα dub. in Id. 2.104; κατὰ φωνὴν ἢ κατὰ σχῆμα Pl. R. 393c; [ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας, Id. Plt. 293e; ἐπὶ τὸ σεμνόν Id. Lg. 814e; ἡδοναὶ μεμιμημέναι τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα Id. Phlb. 40c: c. acc. c

II represent, express by means of imitation, represent, act

of the arts, represent, express by means of imitation, of an actor, Id. R. 605c, cf. Ar. Pl. 291 (lyr.); of painting and music, Pl. Plt. 306d; τὴν τῶν μελῶν μίμησιν τὴν εὖ καὶ τὴν κακῶς μεμιμημένην Id. Lg. 812c; of poetry, Arist. Po. 1447a17, al.; of μῖμοι, represent, act, τι X. Smp. 2.21.—Neither μῖμος, μιμέομαι, nor any derivs. occur in Il. or Od.:—Trag. use only pres. and fut. μῑμ-ηλάζω, = foreg., ἀγαθὸν κακῷ μ. Ph. 1.557 (s. v.l.); -άζοντες καὶ παρακόπτοντες τὸ δόκιμον νόμισμα ib. 610 (-ίζον

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