imago
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin imāgō.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
imago (plural imagines)
- The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
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- 1973: ‘But still,’ he said to himself, drawing the metamorphoses of a red admiral, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and imago on his pad, ‘what shall I say to him when we meet?’ — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
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- An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.
Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin imago.
Noun [edit]
imago n (plural imago's, diminutive imagootje)
- image
- De Nederlandse fotograaf Anton Corbijn heeft een belangrijke invloed gehad op het imago van de band.[1] — The Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn has had an important influence upon the image of the band [U2].
Esperanto [edit]
Noun [edit]
imago (plural imagoj, accusative singular imagon, accusative plural imagojn)
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *aim-, *aiem-, *iem- (“similarity, resemblance”). Cognate with Sanskrit (yamá, “pair, twin”), Old English emn, efn (“equal, level, even”). More at even.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
imāgō (genitive imāginis); f, third declension
- image, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
- ancestral image
- ghost, apparition
- semblance, appearance, shadow
- echo
- conception, thought
- reminder
- (rhetoric) comparison
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | imāgō | imāginēs |
| genitive | imāginis | imāginum |
| dative | imāginī | imāginibus |
| accusative | imāginem | imāginēs |
| ablative | imāgine | imāginibus |
| vocative | imāgō | imāginēs |
Synonyms [edit]
- (image, statue): signum, simulācrum, statua
