1. μῖμος · mimos — Beekes
The corpus record
μῖμος
mimos
mime
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Where it lives
- Second Olynthiac 1 · 4.89/10k
- Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
- Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
- Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
What it meant
2. μῖμος · mimos — Beekes
3. μῖμος · mimos — Chantraine
4. μῖμος · mimos — Frisk
5. μῖμος · mimos — LSJ
imitator, mimic, A. Fr. 57.9 (anap.).
esp. actor, mime, μ. γελοίων D. 2.19, cf. POxy. 519.3 (ii A. D.), etc.; μίμοις γυναιξί Plu. Sull. 36; τετράπουν μῖμον ἔχων ἐπιγαίου θηρός, i.e. imitating or acting a four-footed beast, E. Rh. 256 (lyr.).
a form of drama, mime, character-sketch, Arist. Po. 1447b10, Fr. 72; μ. ἀνδρεῖοι, γυναικεῖοι, Suid. s.v. Σώφρων, cf. Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.61, Plu. QConv. 2.712e.
metaph., μ. ὁ βίος Cleobul. ap. Fulg. Myth. 2.14 [Theophil. TLG].
In the wild
- μίμους · mimous Aristotle, Ars Poetica 1
- μίμους · mimous Demosthenes, Second Olynthiac 19 (DIORISIS sentence 48)
- μῖμον · mimon Euripides, Rhesus 2 (DIORISIS sentence 166)
- Μῖμος · Mimos Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1666)
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μῖμος (scan pp. 1005-1006; entry #4097).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μῖμος (scan p. 720; entry #5319).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μῖμος (scan p. 1213; entry #3896).
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