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Imago


I-ma′go

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Noun.
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pl.
Imagoes
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[L. See
Image
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1.
An image.

Definition 2024


imago

imago

English

Noun

imago (plural imagines or imagos or imagoes)

  1. (entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
    • 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
      ‘But still,’ he said to himself, drawing the metamorphoses of a red admiral, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and imago on his pad, ‘what shall I say to him when we meet?’
  2. (psychology) An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin imago.

Pronunciation

Noun

imago n (plural imago's, diminutive imagootje n)

  1. image
    De Nederlandse fotograaf Anton Corbijn heeft een belangrijke invloed gehad op het imago van de band U2. The Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn has had an important influence upon the image of the band [U2].
  2. (biology) imago: the full grown form of an insect.

Synonyms

(1) * image


Esperanto

Noun

imago (accusative singular imagon, plural imagoj, accusative plural imagojn)

  1. imagination

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *imā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (to imitate). Cognate with imitor, aemulus, Sanskrit यम (yamá, pair, twin), Old English emn, efn (equal, level, even). More at even.

Pronunciation

Noun

imāgō f (genitive imāginis); third declension

  1. image, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
  2. ancestral image
  3. ghost, apparition
  4. semblance, appearance, shadow
  5. echo
  6. conception, thought
  7. reminder
  8. (rhetoric) comparison
  9. (art) depiction

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative imāgō imāginēs
genitive imāginis imāginum
dative imāginī imāginibus
accusative imāginem imāginēs
ablative imāgine imāginibus
vocative imāgō imāginēs

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