LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

mīmus

mīmus m (genitive mīmī)

Meaning

  1. mime, farce
  2. mime actor (male)
  3. figurativelya farce

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemīmusmīmī
genitivemīmīmīmōrum
dativemīmōmīmīs
accusativemīmummīmōs
ablativemīmōmīmīs
vocativemīmemīmī

mīmus, i, m., = μῖμος.
I. A mimic actor, mime, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242: oratori minime convenit distortus vultus gestusque: quae in mimis rideri solent, Quint. 6, 3, 29; Ov. A. A. 1, 501: nobilis, Juv. 8, 198. —
II. A mimic play, mime, farce.
A. Lit.: mimi exitus, Cic. Cael. 27, 65: tutor, mimus vetus, id. de Or. 2, 64, 259: mimos scribere, Ov. Tr. 2, 497: mimorum scriptor, Quint. 1, 10, 17: mimos commentari, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13: mimum agere, Suet. Caes. 39; Juv. 13, 110: mimus quis melior plorante gula? id. 5, 157.—
B. Trop., any thing farcical, pretended, unreal.—Of the sham triumph of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 45: commendationis, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 53: humanae vitae, Sen. Ep. 80, 7: mimus et simulatio, id. ib. 26, 5.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”).

Descendants
  • Catalanmim
  • Frenchmime
  • Englishmimefrom French mime
  • GermanMime
  • Italianmimo
  • Portuguesemimo
  • Spanishmimo
  • Galicianmimo
  • Polishmim
  • Russianмим

In English words that came into English from mīmus

  • mimemīmus
  • mimosamimosa
  • ornithomimusmīmus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesMimusMimus (μῖμος) properly signifies an imitation or imitator of a situation or person. Greek In Greek literature the word mime is associated with the nam…

Quick answers

What does mīmus mean in Latin?
mīmus, a noun, means “mime, farce; mime actor (male); a farce”.
What is the genitive of mīmus?
The genitive singular is mīmī. mīmus is masculine, second declension.
Which English words come from mīmus?
English words that go back to Latin mīmus include mime, ornithomimus and mimosa.