imitatio
Latin
Etymology
Formed from imitor (“imitate”) + -tiō (“-tion”).
Noun
imitātiō f (genitive imitātiōnis); third declension
- imitation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | imitātiō | imitātiōnēs |
| Genitive | imitātiōnis | imitātiōnum |
| Dative | imitātiōnī | imitātiōnibus |
| Accusative | imitātiōnem | imitātiōnēs |
| Ablative | imitātiōne | imitātiōnibus |
| Vocative | imitātiō | imitātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: imitació
- French: imitation
- Galician: imitación
- Georgian: იმიტაცია (imiṭacia)
- → German: Imitation
- Italian: imitazione
- Occitan: imitacion
- Portuguese: imitação
- Russian: имитация (imitacija)
- Spanish: imitación
References
- “imitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imitatio 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)
- imitatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- in everything nature defies imitation: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas
- a lifelike picture of everyday life: morum ac vitae imitatio
- in everything nature defies imitation: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas