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μίμημα

mimema

anything imitated, counterfeit, copy

Appears 54 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μίμημα, ατος, τό, A. anything imitated, counterfeit, copy, A. Fr. 364; μίμημʼ ἔχεις Ἑλένης E. Hel. 74; μ. χειρὸς Ἀττικῆς, of certain loaves, Antiph. 176.6: freq. in Pl., Ti. 48e, al.; θεοῦ μ. λαχόντες Cleanth.1.4; αὐτοφυὲς μ. λύρας, of the ἀκρίς, AP 7.195 (Mel.); ἄνθρωπος μ. θεοῦ Muson. Fr. 17p.90H. 2. artistic representation, Pl. Lg. 669e, 796b (pl.).
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