English → Latin
“imitator” in Latin
imitorto represent, express, portray; to imitate, act like, copy after, seek to resemble, counterfeitaemulusstriving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealousaemulorto endeavour to equal or excel someone, rival, vie with; emulate; copy; to equal someone by emulating; to be envious or cacozēlusbadly imitated; in bad taste
The English word imitator itself goes back to Latin imitor, through imitātor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
imitator
imitator: aemulus: aemulator [SYN. in IMITATE]: cacozelus (in a bad sense, an ape). A servile imitator, *imitator servilis: the slavish imitators, imitatores serviles; servum pecus imitatorum (said contemptuously; Hor., Ep., 1, 19, 19).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for imitator?
- The usual Latin words for “imitator” are imitor, aemulus, aemulor; also cacozēlus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.