aemulatio
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aemulor (“I rival, emulate”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯.muˈlaː.ti.oː/, [äe̯mʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.muˈlat.t͡si.o/, [emuˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
aemulātiō f (genitive aemulātiōnis); third declension
- The endeavor to be equal to or match another in something; emulation, ambition; rivalry, competition.
- Jealousy, envy, malevolence.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | aemulātiō | aemulātiōnēs |
Genitive | aemulātiōnis | aemulātiōnum |
Dative | aemulātiōnī | aemulātiōnibus |
Accusative | aemulātiōnem | aemulātiōnēs |
Ablative | aemulātiōne | aemulātiōnibus |
Vocative | aemulātiō | aemulātiōnēs |
Synonyms[edit]
- (emulation): aemulātus, certāmen, zēlus
- (rivalry): aemulātus, certāmen, competītiō
- (jealousy): invidentia, invidia, simultās, zēlotypia, zēlus
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “aemulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aemulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aemulatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the word aemulatio is employed with two meanings, in a good and a bad sense: aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen sit
- the word aemulatio is employed with two meanings, in a good and a bad sense: aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen sit