The corpus record

μῑμ-ητής

mimetes · ὁ

imitator, forgers, artist

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Where it lives

1 Thessalonians 2 · 13.76/10k
Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k
Sophist 5 · 3.12/10k
Ars Poetica 3 · 2.97/10k
1 Corinthians 2 · 2.96/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Republic 16 · 1.8/10k
Memorabilia 3 · 0.84/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μῑμ-ητής · mim-ētēs — LSJ

imitator, forgers

imitator, τινων X. Mem. 1.6.3, cf. Hp. Vict. 1.22, 1 Ep.Cor. 4.16; οἱ μ. τῶν γραμμάτων forgers, Lib. Ep. 115.4.

II artist, one who impersonates

artist (cf. μίμησις II), Pl. R. 602a, al.; esp. one who impersonates characters, as an actor or poet, Arist. Pr. 918b28, Po. 1460a8.

2 mere actor, impostor

coupled with γόης, mere actor, impostor, Pl. R. 598d, cf. Plt. 303c, Sph. 235a.

In the wild

μιμητής · mimētēs Aristotle, Ars Poetica 24
μιμητὴς · mimētēs Aristotle, Ars Poetica 25
μιμητὴς · mimētēs Aristotle, Ars Poetica 3
μιμητὴν · mimētēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7433)
μιμητάς · mimētas Isocrates, To Demonicus 2 (DIORISIS sentence 5)
μιμηταί · mimētai New Testament, 1 Corinthians 11.1 (DIORISIS sentence 307)

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Where it came from

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