μῑμ-έομαι,
future -ήσομαι: aorist ἐμιμησάμην [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.21, etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect μεμίμημαι (see. below):—imitate, represent, portray, ἔργα Γιγάντων [[ Batrachomyomachia 7; φωνάς “hymnus ad Apollinem” 163; γόον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.21; γλώσσης ἀϋτήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 564; τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ὄρχησιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινα [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 370, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.166, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1037, etc.] Refs 6th c.BC+]; μ.τινά τι one in a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα uncertain in [[ [prev. author] 2.104; κατὰ φωνὴν ἢ κατὰ σχῆμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας, [[ [prev. author] “Plt.” 293e; ἐπὶ τὸ σεμνόν [prev. author] “Lg.” 814e; ἡδοναὶ μεμιμημέναι τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα [prev. author] “Phlb.” 40c: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μιμήσεις πονηρὰς μ. τινά] Refs] imitate him in what is bad, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 705c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1430, “Pl.” 306; τὰ πλεῖστα μ. τὴν Κρητικὴν πολιτείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271b22: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect participle μεμιμημένος, in active sense, στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι pillars made to represent palms, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 414b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in passive sense, made exactly like, portrayed, γραφῇ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.78, 86, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1371b6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: present participle in passive sense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604e: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future participle μιμηθησόμενον[[ [prev. work] 599a ] Refs]: aorist participle μιμηθέν [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 668b. ] Refs]