"mimus" meaning in Latin

See mimus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:μῖμος<t:imitator, actor>|text=+|title=mīmus|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "imitator, actor", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μῖμος", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mīmus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="mīmus"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”). Head templates: {{la-noun|mīmus<2>}} mīmus m (genitive mīmī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mīmus<2>}} Forms: mīmus [canonical, masculine], mīmī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mīmus [nominative, singular], mīmī [nominative, plural], mīmī [genitive, singular], mīmōrum [genitive, plural], mīmō [dative, singular], mīmīs [dative, plural], mīmum [accusative, singular], mīmōs [accusative, plural], mīmō [ablative, singular], mīmīs [ablative, plural], mīme [singular, vocative], mīmī [plural, vocative]
  1. mime, farce Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-mimus-la-noun-j1fDhh36 Categories (other): Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 31 37 32 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 30 40 30 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 26 37
  2. mime actor (male) Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-mimus-la-noun-sQSrqP5m Categories (other): Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 31 37 32 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 32 42 27 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 30 40 30 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 27 50 23 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 62 19 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 39 31 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 24 51 25
  3. (figurative) a farce Tags: declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-mimus-la-noun-Ms94RKS9 Categories (other): Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 31 37 32 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 30 40 30 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 26 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mīma
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  ],
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.