ĭmāgĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. [imago].
I Of or belonging to images , image - (late Lat.): pictor, plastes, Edict. Diocl. p. 22.—
B Subst.: imaginarius , ii, m., i. q. imaginifer, the bearer of the emperor's image (as a standard), Veg. Mil. 2, 7.—
II That exists only in imagination or appearance , seeming , nominal , fancied , imaginary (syn.: falsus, simulatus; opp. verus; not ante-Aug.): fasces, Liv. 3, 41, 1: titulus nuptiarum (with falsus), Ap. Mag. p. 323: venditio, Gai. Inst. 2, 113; Dig. 18, 1, 55: solutio, Gai. Inst. 3, 169; 173: imaginariae militiae genus, Suet. Claud. 25: funus, Capit. Pertin. 15: et scaenicus rex, Flor. 2, 14, 4: indictio belli, id. 4, 10, 2: paupertas, Sen. Ep. 20, 13; 58, 27: honor verborum, id. Const. Sap. 3, 3. —* Adv.: ĭmāgĭnārĭē , according to imagination : effingere epigrammata, as fancy prompts , Sid. Ep. 2, 10.