simulacrum

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsimjəˈleɪkɹəm/

Noun

simulacrum (plural simulacrums or simulacra)

1. An image or representation.

   a simulacrum of a New York studio apartment

2. A faint trace or semblance.

   a simulacrum of hope

Translations

image or representation

• Catalan: simulacre m
• Finnish: kuva (fi), malli (fi)
• French: simulacre (fr) m
• Greek: απείκασμα (el) n (apeíkasma), επίφαση (el) f (epífasi)

• Italian: simulacro (it) m
• Portuguese: simulacro (pt) m
• Romanian: simulacru (ro) n
• Spanish: simulacro (es) m

faint trace

• Finnish: pilkahdus (fi), häivä

• German: Scheinbild n

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Latin

Etymology

From simulō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /si.muˈlaː.krum/, [sɪ.mʊˈɫaː.krũ]

Noun

simulācrum n (genitive simulācrī); second declension

1. an image, likeness

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	simulācrum	simulācra
genitive	simulācrī	simulācrōrum
dative	simulācrō	simulācrīs
accusative	simulācrum	simulācra
ablative	simulācrō	simulācrīs
vocative	simulācrum	simulācra

Synonyms

• (image, likeness): effigies, imāgō, statua

Descendants

• French: simulacre
• Spanish: simulacro

References

• simulacrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• simulacrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “simulacrum”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “simulacrum” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a marble statue: simulacrum e marmore facere