adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
imāginārius
imāginārius (feminine imāgināria, neuter imāginārium)
Classical[ɪ.maː.ɡɪˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[i.ma.d͡ʒiˈnaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalimage
- adjectiveimaginary
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | imāginārius | imāgināria | imāginārium |
| genitive | imāgināriī | imāgināriae | imāgināriī |
| dative | imāgināriō | imāgināriae | imāgināriō |
| accusative | imāginārium | imāgināriam | imāginārium |
| ablative | imāgināriō | imāgināriā | imāgināriō |
| vocative | imāginārie | imāgināria | imāginārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | imāgināriī | imāgināriae | imāgināria |
| genitive | imāgināriōrum | imāgināriārum | imāgināriōrum |
| dative | imāgināriīs | imāgināriīs | imāgināriīs |
| accusative | imāgināriōs | imāgināriās | imāgināria |
| ablative | imāgināriīs | imāgināriīs | imāgināriīs |
| vocative | imāgināriī | imāgināriae | imāgināria |
ĭmāgĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. imago.
I. Of or belonging to images, image- (late Lat.): pictor, plastes, Edict. Diocl. p. 22.—
B. Subst.: imaginarius, ii, m., i. q. imaginifer, the bearer of the emperor's image (as a standard), Veg. Mil. 2, 7.—
II. That exists only in imagination or appearance, seeming, nominal, fancied, imaginary (syn.: falsus, simulatus; opp. verus;
not anteAug.): fasces, Liv. 3, 41, 1: titulus nuptiarum (with falsus), App. Mag. p. 323: venditio, Gai. Inst. 2, 113; Dig. 18, 1, 55: solutio, Gai. Inst. 3, 169; 173: imaginariae militiae genus, Suet. Claud. 25: funus, Capit. Pertin. 15: et scaenicus rex, Flor. 2, 14, 4: indictio belli, id. 4, 10, 2: paupertas, Sen. Ep. 20, 13; 58, 27: honor verborum, id. Const. Sap. 3, 3. —* Adv.: ĭmāgĭnārĭē, according to imagination: effingere epigrammata, as fancy prompts, Sid. Ep. 2, 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
imāginārius adj.
imago, seeming, fancied: fasces, pretended authority, L.
Origins
From imāgō + -ārius.
Descendants
- Catalanimaginari
- Englishimaginary
- Frenchimaginaire
- Italianimmaginario
- Romanianimaginar
- Spanishimaginario
- Asturianimaxinariu
- Galicianimaxinario
- Hungarianimaginárius
- Piedmonteseimaginari
In English words that came into English from imāginārius
- imaginaryimāginārius