mimicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.mi.kus/, [ˈmiːmɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.mi.kus/, [ˈmiːmikus]

Adjective

mīmicus (feminine mīmica, neuter mīmicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. mimic
2. farcical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīmicus	mīmica	mīmicum		mīmicī	mīmicae	mīmica
Genitive	mīmicī	mīmicae	mīmicī		mīmicōrum	mīmicārum	mīmicōrum
Dative	mīmicō		mīmicō		mīmicīs
Accusative	mīmicum	mīmicam	mīmicum		mīmicōs	mīmicās	mīmica
Ablative	mīmicō	mīmicā	mīmicō		mīmicīs
Vocative	mīmice	mīmica	mīmicum		mīmicī	mīmicae	mīmica

Descendants

• Catalan: mímic
• English: mimic
• German: Mimik
• Italian: mimico
• Portuguese: mímico
• Spanish: mímico

References

• “mimicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mimicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mimicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.