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ĭmĭtātor , ōris, m. id.,
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 9.22
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 134
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.618
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.54
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 3.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.115
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.74
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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