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aemulus

aemulus

Latin

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
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

French: émule
Italian: emulo, emula
Portuguese: 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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aemulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.