mimus
See also: Mimus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”).
Noun
mīmus m (genitive mīmī); second declension
- mime, farce
- mime actor (male)
- (figurative) a farce
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mīmus | mīmī |
| Genitive | mīmī | mīmōrum |
| Dative | mīmō | mīmīs |
| Accusative | mīmum | mīmōs |
| Ablative | mīmō | mīmīs |
| Vocative | mīme | mīmī |
Related terms
- mīma
Descendants
- Catalan: mim
- French: mime
- → English: mime
- Galician: mimo
- Italian: mimo
- Polish: mim
- Portuguese: mimo
- Russian: мим (mim)
- Spanish: mimo
References
- “mimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mimus 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)
- mimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “mimus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mimus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin