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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la mīmus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈmiː.ma]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈmiː.ma]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mīma''' ''f'' (genitive mīmae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Cledonius gives the dative and ablative plural ''mīmābus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|mīmus|t=mime, mime actor]], as its feminine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it in the ''Philippics''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is an actress who performs in mimes.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it in the second and thirteenth ''Philippics'', once in apposition, ''mīma uxor'', and Horace in the ''Satires''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also occurs in an inscription.^(Lewis & Short 1879) According to the grammarian Cledonius the dative and ablative plural was ''mīmābus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL treats it under [[mīmus]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero in the ''Philippics''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace in the ''Satires''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|actress]] in [[m|en|mime|alt=mimes]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[archimima]]

+ * [[mīmula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mīmus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}