μῑμ-έομαι, fut. - ήσομαι: aor. ἐμιμησάμην Pi. P. 12.21, etc.: pf. μεμίμημαι (v. infr.): -
imitate, represent, portray, ἔργα Γιγάντων Batr. 7; φωνάς h.Ap. 163; γόον Pi. P. 12.21; γλώσσης ἀϋτήν A. Ch. 564; τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ὄρχησιν X. Smp. 2.21; τινα Thgn. 370, Hdt. 4.166, Th. 2.37, E. El. 1037, etc.; μ.τινά τι one in a thing, Hdt. 5.67; τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα dub. in Id. 2.104; κατὰ φωνὴν ἢ κατὰ σχῆμα Pl. R. 393c; [ ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας, Id. Plt. 293e; ἐπὶ τὸ σεμνόν Id. Lg. 814e; ἡδοναὶ μεμιμημέναι τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα Id. Phlb. 40c: c. acc. cogn., μιμήσεις πονηρὰς μ. τινά imitate him in what is bad, Id. Lg. 705c, cf. Ar. Nu. 1430, Pl. 306; τὰ πλεῖστα μ. τὴν Κρητικὴν πολιτείαν Arist. Pol. 1271b22: pf. part. μεμιμημένος, in act. sense, στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι pillars made to represent palms, Hdt. 2.169, cf. Pl. Cra. 414b: in pass. sense, made exactly like, portrayed, γραφῇ Hdt. 2.78, 86, cf. Arist. Rh. 1371b6: pres. part. in pass. sense, Pl. R. 604e: fut. part. μιμηθησόμενον ib. 599a: aor. part. μιμηθέν Id. Lg. 668b. II of the arts, represent, express by means of imitation, of an actor, Id. R. 605c, cf. Ar. Pl. 291 (lyr.); of painting and music, Pl. Plt. 306d; τὴν τῶν μελῶν μίμησιν τὴν εὖ καὶ τὴν κακῶς μεμιμημένην Id. Lg. 812c; of poetry, Arist. Po. 1447a17, al.; of μῖμοι, represent, act, τι X. Smp. 2.21. - Neither μῖμος, μιμέομαι, nor any derivs. occur in Il. or Od.: - Trag. use only pres. and fut. μῑμ-ηλάζω, = foreg., ἀγαθὸν κακῷ μ. Ph. 1.557 (s. v.l.); - άζοντες καὶ παρακόπτοντες τὸ δόκιμον νόμισμα ib. 610 (- ίζοντες codd.), cf. Hsch.
μιμέομαι mimeomai 4x
to imitate, follow as an example, strive to resemble, [2Th 3:7]; [2Th 3:9]; [Heb 13:7]; [3Jn 1:11]* imitate, imitator.
G3401 — μιμέομαι
μιμοῦμαι; (μῖμος (an actor, mimic)); to imitate: τινα, anyone, [2Th 3:7], [2Th 3:9]; τί, [Heb 13:7]; [3Jo 1:11]. (Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus, others.)
μιμέομαι , - οῦμαι
( < μῖμος , a mimic, an actor),
[in LXX : [Psa 31:6], Wis 4:2 ; Wis 15:9 , 4Ma 9:23 ; 4Ma 9:13 : * ;]
to imitate: [2Th 3:7]; [2Th 3:9] [Heb 13:7], [3Jn 1:11]. †