Latin

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Etymology

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Deponent frequentative verb derived from Proto-Italic *imā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (to imitate); same source as Latin imāgō f (a copy, image), Latin aemulus (envious, rivaling, adjective) and Hittite 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 c (ḫi-im-ma-aš /⁠ḫimmaš⁠/, substitute, imitation).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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imitor (present infinitive imitārī or imitārier, perfect active imitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to represent, express, portray
  2. to imitate, act like, copy after, seek to resemble, counterfeit

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of imitor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present imitor imitāris,
imitāre
imitātur imitāmur imitāminī imitantur
imperfect imitābar imitābāris,
imitābāre
imitābātur imitābāmur imitābāminī imitābantur
future imitābor imitāberis,
imitābere
imitābitur imitābimur imitābiminī imitābuntur
perfect imitātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect imitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect imitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present imiter imitēris,
imitēre
imitētur imitēmur imitēminī imitentur
imperfect imitārer imitārēris,
imitārēre
imitārētur imitārēmur imitārēminī imitārentur
perfect imitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect imitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present imitāre imitāminī
future imitātor imitātor imitantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives imitārī,
imitārier1
imitātum esse imitātūrum esse
participles imitāns imitātus imitātūrus imitandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
imitandī imitandō imitandum imitandō imitātum imitātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Asturian: imitar
  • Catalan: imitar
  • Latin: imitātus
  • French: imiter
  • Galician: imitar
  • Italian: imitare
  • Piedmontese: imité
  • Portuguese: imitar
  • Romanian: imita
  • Spanish: imitar

From *reimitor:

References

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  • imitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (1) to make a lifelike natural representation of a thing (used of the artist); (2) to be lifelike (of a work of art): veritatem imitari (Div. 1. 13. 23)