Imago

Latin-English

ĭmāg|ō, -ĭnis. (iˈma.ɡo) fem.

1. An image, likeness, or representation of any thing.

Loci

• αʹ Curtius, Historia Alexandri Magni 3.3:

Die iam inlustri, signum e tabernaculo regis bucina dabatur: super tabernaculum, unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago solis crystallo inclusa fulgebat.

The day was already bright when the trumpet signal was given from the king's tent; above the tent, where it could be seen by everyone, an image of the sun glittered, encased in a crystal.

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 12.10:

Alexin vero curemus, imaginem Tironis, quem aegrum Romam remisi, et, si quid habet collis ἐπιδήμιον, ad me cum Tisameno transferamus.

Indeed, let us take care of Alexis, the image of Tiro, who I sent back to Rome sick, and if there is some kind of epidemic on the hill, we can transfer him to me with Tisamenus.