I.an imitator, copyist, mimic (class.).
(α).
With gen.: “permulti imitatores principum exsistunt,” Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 31: “Thucydidis,” Quint. 10, 1, 74: “Atticorum,” id. ib. 115; “12, 10, 14: veterum facinorum,” Cic. Vatin. 9, 22: “Brutus erat stulti sapiens imitator,” Ov. F. 2, 717: “fulminis,” id. M. 14, 618.—
(β).
Absol.: “natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,” Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219: “nec desilies imitator in artum,” Hor. A. P. 134: “o imitatores, servum pecus,” id. Ep. 1, 19, 19.