aemulus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *aimelos, from *aimos (“imitation”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”). Cognate with Hittite 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 c (ḫi-im-ma-aš /ḫimmaš/, “substitute, imitation”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈae̯.mu.lus/, [ˈäe̯mʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.mu.lus/, [ˈɛːmulus]
Adjective edit
aemulus (feminine aemula, neuter aemulum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aemulus | aemula | aemulum | aemulī | aemulae | aemula | |
| Genitive | aemulī | aemulae | aemulī | aemulōrum | aemulārum | aemulōrum | |
| Dative | aemulō | aemulō | aemulīs | ||||
| Accusative | aemulum | aemulam | aemulum | aemulōs | aemulās | aemula | |
| Ablative | aemulō | aemulā | aemulō | aemulīs | |||
| Vocative | aemule | aemula | aemulum | aemulī | aemulae | aemula | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: emulous
- French: émule
- Italian: emulo
- → Portuguese: émulo, êmulo
- Romanian: emul
- Spanish: émulo
References edit
- “aemulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aemulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aemulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.