aemulor

aemŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [aemulus], to rival, to endeavor to equal or to excel one, to emulate, vie with, in a good and bad sense; hence (as a consequence of this action). to equal one by emulating.

I.

In a good sense, constr. with acc., v. II.:

quoniam aemulari non licet, nunc invides,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 26:

omnes ejus instituta laudare facilius possunt quam aemulari,

Cic. Fl. 26; Nep. Epam. 5; Liv. 1, 18; cf. Tac. H. 3, 81: Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari, * Hor. C. 4, 2, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 62:

severitatem alicujus,

Tac. H. 2, 68:

virtutes majorum,

id. Agr. 15 et saep.— Transf. of things:

Basilicae uvae Albanum vinum aemulantur,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 30.—Prov.:

aemulari umbras,

to fight shadows, Prop. 3, 32, 19 (cf. Cic. Att. 15, 20: qui umbras timet).—

II.

In a bad sense, to strive after or vie with enviously, to be envious of, be jealous of, zêlotupein; constr. with dat., while in the first signif. down to Quint. with acc.; v. Spald. ad Quint. 10, 1, 122;

Rudd. II. p. 151: iis aemulemur, qui ea habent, quae nos habere cupimus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19; cf. 4, 26; Just. 6, 9.—Also with cum:

ne mecum aemuletur,

Liv. 28, 43:

inter se,

Tac. H. 2, 81.—With inf.:

aemulabantur corruptissimum quemque pretio inlicere,

Tac. H. 2, 62.—Hence, * aemŭlanter, adv., emulously, Tert. c. Haer. 40.