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imago

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin imāgō. Doublet of image.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

imago (plural imagines or imagos or imagoes)

  1. (entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
    • 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
      ‘But still,’ he said to himself, drawing the metamorphoses of a red admiral, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and imago on his pad, ‘what shall I say to him when we meet?’
  2. (psychology) An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes.

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NounEdit

imago n

  1. imago (final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis)
    Synonym: dospělec

Further readingEdit

  • imago in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • imago in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin imago.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

imago n (plural imago's, diminutive imagootje n)

  1. image
    De Nederlandse fotograaf Anton Corbijn heeft een belangrijke invloed gehad op het imago van de band U2.[1] — The Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn has had an important influence upon the image of the band [U2].
  2. (biology) imago: the full grown form of an insect.

SynonymsEdit

(1) * image

EsperantoEdit

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NounEdit

imago (accusative singular imagon, plural imagoj, accusative plural imagojn)

  1. imagination

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin imago.

NounEdit

imago (genitive imago, partitive imagot)

  1. image (a characteristic of a person, group or company etc.)
  2. (zoology) imago, fully grown insect

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of imago (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative imago imagod
accusative imago imagod
genitive imago imagote
partitive imagot imagoid
illative imagosse imagotesse
imagoisse
inessive imagos imagotes
imagois
elative imagost imagotest
imagoist
allative imagole imagotele
imagoile
adessive imagol imagotel
imagoil
ablative imagolt imagotelt
imagoilt
translative imagoks imagoteks
imagoiks
terminative imagoni imagoteni
essive imagona imagotena
abessive imagota imagoteta
comitative imagoga imagotega

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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin imāgō.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈimɑɡo/, [ˈimɑɡo̞]
  • Rhymes: -imɑɡo
  • Syllabification(key): i‧ma‧go

NounEdit

imago

  1. image (a characteristic of a person, group or company, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others)
  2. (entomology) imago

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of imago (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative imago imagot
genitive imagon imagojen
imagoiden
imagoitten
partitive imagoa imagoja
imagoita
illative imagoon imagoihin
singular plural
nominative imago imagot
accusative nom. imago imagot
gen. imagon
genitive imagon imagojen
imagoiden
imagoitten
partitive imagoa imagoja
imagoita
inessive imagossa imagoissa
elative imagosta imagoista
illative imagoon imagoihin
adessive imagolla imagoilla
ablative imagolta imagoilta
allative imagolle imagoille
essive imagona imagoina
translative imagoksi imagoiksi
instructive — imagoin
abessive imagotta imagoitta
comitative — imagoineen
Possessive forms of imago (type palvelu)
possessor singular plural
1st person imagoni imagomme
2nd person imagosi imagonne
3rd person imagonsa

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imago f (plural imagos)

  1. (entomology) imago (final stage of insect)
  2. (psychology) imago (idealized image of a loved one)

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ItalianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin imāgō. Doublet of immagine.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /iˈma.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: i‧mà‧go

NounEdit

imago f (invariable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Synonym of immagine
  2. (entomology) imago (development stage of an insect)
  3. (psychology) imago (idealised concept of a loved one)

ReferencesEdit

  • imago1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • imago2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *imā + -āgō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”). Cognate with imitor, aemulus, Sanskrit यम (yáma, “pair, twin”), Old English emn, efn (“equal, level, even”). More at even.

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NounEdit

imāgō f (genitive imāginis); third declension

  1. image, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
  2. ancestral image
  3. ghost, apparition
  4. semblance, appearance, shadow
  5. echo
  6. conception, thought
  7. reminder
  8. (rhetoric) comparison
  9. (art) depiction

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative imāgō imāginēs
Genitive imāginis imāginum
Dative imāginī imāginibus
Accusative imāginem imāginēs
Ablative imāgine imāginibus
Vocative imāgō imāginēs

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DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “imago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “imago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • imago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an echo: vocis imago, or simply imago
    • creatures of the imagination: rerum imagines
    • to conceive an ideal: singularem quandam perfectionis imaginem animo concipere
    • to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
  • “imago”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

imago n

  1. (entomology) imago
  2. (psychology) imago

DeclensionEdit

Declension of imago
singular plural
nominative imago imaga/imagines
genitive imaga imag
dative imagu imagom
accusative imago imaga
instrumental imagiem imagami
locative imagu imagach
vocative imago imaga

Further readingEdit

  • imago in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • imago in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French imago.

NounEdit

imago f (uncountable)

  1. (entomology) imago (final stage of insect)

DeclensionEdit

declension of imago (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) imago {{{def}}}
genitive/dative (unei) {{{pl}}} {{{pl}}}i
vocative

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /iˈmaɡo/ [iˈma.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: i‧ma‧go

NounEdit

imago m (plural imagos)

  1. (entomology) imago

imago f (plural imagos)

  1. (psychology) imago

Further readingEdit

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