aemulus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aimelos, from *aimos (“imitation”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”). Cognate with Hittite 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 c (ḫi-im-ma-aš /⁠ḫimmaš⁠/, “substitute, imitation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.mu.lus/, [ˈäe̯mʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.mu.lus/, [ˈɛːmulus]

Adjective

aemulus (feminine aemula, neuter aemulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. striving to equal or excel, rivaling
2. in a bad sense, envious, jealous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aemulus	aemula	aemulum		aemulī	aemulae	aemula
genitive	aemulī	aemulae	aemulī		aemulōrum	aemulārum	aemulōrum
dative	aemulō	aemulae	aemulō		aemulīs
accusative	aemulum	aemulam	aemulum		aemulōs	aemulās	aemula
ablative	aemulō	aemulā	aemulō		aemulīs
vocative	aemule	aemula	aemulum		aemulī	aemulae	aemula

Derived terms

• aemulor

Descendants

• English: emulous
• French: émule
• Italian: emulo
• → Portuguese: émulo, êmulo (Brazil)
• Romanian: emul
• Spanish: émulo

References

• “aemulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aemulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aemulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.