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μιμητής

mimetes

imitator

Appears 24 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μιμητής, οῦ, ὁ, A. imitator, τινων ib.1.6.3, cf. Hp. Vict. 1.22, 1 Ep.Cor. 4.16; οἱ μ. τῶν γραμμάτων forgers, Lib. Ep. 115.4. II. artist (cf. μίμησις II), Pl. R. 602a, al.; esp. one who impersonates characters, as an actor or poet, Arist. Pr. 918b28, Po. 1460a8. 2. coupled with γόης, mere actor, impostor, Pl. R. 598d, cf. Plt. 303c, Sph. 235a.
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