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simulacra

simulacra is a Latin form of simulacrum, meaning “image, likeness, statue; phantom, ghost”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun.

Found 211 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.16.3: non posse deorum immortalium numen placari arbitrantur, publiceque eiusdem generis habent instituta sacrificia. Alii immani magnitudine simulacra habent,

Seneca the Younger, Naturales Quaestiones 1.15.8: Quid ergo? Simulacra ista sunt et inanis uerorum corporum imitatio, quae ipsa a quibusdam ita compositis, ut hoc possint, detorque …

All forms of simulacrum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.