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|lshtext=<b>sĭmŭlo</b>: (less correctly sĭmĭlo; v. [[assimulo]]<br /><b>I</b> fin.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[similis]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to [[make]] a [[thing]] [[like]] [[another]]; to [[imitate]], [[copy]], [[represent]] a [[thing]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; syn. [[imitor]]): corpora igni simulata, made [[like]], [[like]], Lucr. 1, 687: nimbos et non imitabile [[fulmen]] simulare, Verg. A. 6, 591: simulet Catonem, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13: cum sint crura [[tibi]], simulent quae cornua lunae, Mart. 2, 35, 1: furias Bacchi, Ov. M. 6, 596: equam ([[sonus]]), id. ib. 2, 668: artem ([[natura]]), id. ib. 3, 158: anum, to [[assume]] the form of, id. ib. 3, 275; 6, 26; 11, 310; id. F. 4, 517; so, Homeri [[illa]] [[Minerva]] simulata Mentori, Cic. Att. 9, 8, 2 (cf. Hom. Od. 3, 22): simulata Troja, a [[counterfeit]] [[Troy]], i. e. [[which]] is copied [[after]], built [[like]] [[Troy]], Ov. M. 13, 721: simulata magnis [[Pergama]], Verg. A. 3, 349: latices simulatos fontis Averni, id. ib. 4, 512: cupressum simulare, to [[represent]], [[paint]], Hor. A. P. 20: [[antrum]] in ostro, Sil. 15, 430. —With [[object]]-[[clause]]: [[Pallas]] ... simulat ... terram Prodere cum baccis fetum canentis olivae, represents the [[earth]] producing, etc., Ov. M. 6, 80; cf. also, transf., of a [[work]] of [[art]]: [[aera]] Fortis Alexandri [[vultum]] simulantia, representing, imaging, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 241.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., to [[represent]] a [[thing]] as [[being]] [[which]] has no [[existence]], to [[feign]] a [[thing]] to be [[what]] it is not ([[while]] dissimulare is to [[pretend]] a [[thing]] not to be [[which]] [[really]] is, to [[conceal]]), to [[assume]] the [[appearance]] of a [[thing]], to [[feign]], [[pretend]], [[counterfeit]], [[simulate]] ([[class]]. and freq.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. (in Cic. in the [[act]]. perh. [[only]] [[with]] a pron.): nec ut emat [[melius]], nec ut vendat, [[quicquam]] simulabit aut dissimulabit vir [[bonus]], Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4: experiar, [[quid]] [[ames]], [[quid]] simules, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 71: (oportuit) non simulare mortem verbis, re ipsā spem vitae [[dare]], i.e. to [[pretend]] [[that]] she [[was]] [[dead]], Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 23: [[studium]] conjurationis [[vehementer]] simulare, Sall. C. 41, 5: deditionem ac [[deinde]] metum, id. J. 36, 2: diffidentiam rei, id. ib. 60, 5: pacem, id. ib. 111, 4; cf.: pacem cum Scipione [[Sulla]] [[sive]] faciebat [[sive]] simulabat, Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 2: constantiam, Tac. H. 1, 81: [[obsequium]], id. A. 12, 47 et saep.: [[Hannibal]] aegrum simulabat, [[pretended]] to be [[sick]], Liv. 25, 8, 12: sanum, Ov. R. Am. 493: furentem, Sen. Herc. Oet. 429: praegravem aut delumbem [[sese]] [[simulans]], Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103: supervacaneos, Just. 6, 6, 3.—With pro: simulat se pro uxore Nini filium, pro [[femina]] puerum, Just. 1, 2, 1.—Pass.: tum pol ego is essem [[vere]], qui simulabar, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 58: non simulatur [[amor]], Ov. H. 17, 36: tecto lumine [[somnus]], id. ib. 21, 199: ad simulanda negotia [[altitudo]] ingenii [[incredibilis]], Sall. J. 95, 3 et saep.—Esp. freq. in [[part]]. perf.: ficto [[officio]] simulatāque sedulitate conjunctus, Cic. Caecin. 5, 14: [[officio]] simulato, id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112: simulatā amicitiā, Caes. B. G. 1,44: hortatur simulata [[conscientia]] adeant, Tac. A. 2, 40 et saep.: cum ex eo quaereretur, [[quid]] esset [[dolus]] [[malus]]? respondebat: cum esset aliud simulatum, aliud [[actum]], Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60: in amicitiā [[nihil]] fictum est, [[nihil]] simulatum, id. Lael. 8, 26; so ([[with]] fictum) id. ib. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 12, 43; [[with]] falsum, id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; [[with]] fucata (opp. vera), id. Lael. 25, 95: simulato vecta juvenco, Ov. Am. 1, 3, 23: simulatae ordine justo [[exsequiae]], Sil. 16, 305.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[object]]-[[clause]] (so [[most]] freq.): qui omnia se simulant scire, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 168: [[ille]] se [[Tarentum]] proficisci cum simulasset, Cic. Clu. 9, 27: [[illi]] reverti se in suas [[sedes]] simulaverunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 4: simulat Jove [[natus]] abire, Ov. M. 2, 697; 4, 338 al.; Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 4; id. Ep. 3, 2, 37; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; id. Rud. 5, 3, 43; id. Truc. prol. 18; 1, 1, 68 sq. al.: id mirari te simulato, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 70; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; 1, 2, 113; Afran. ap. Non. 511, 7; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Lael. 26, 99; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13; Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Quint. 8, 2, 24: simulandum est, quaedam nos dicere, Quint. 4, 5, 20; cf.: qui per ambitionem probos [[sese]] simulavere, Sall. J. 85, 9: adcurrit [[pedes]] ejus feta, praegravem, delumbem [[sese]] [[simulans]], Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; Just. 3, 1, 8: [[simulans]] a Dareo se esse praemissum, Curt. 4, 1, 29.—Pass.: [[schema]], quo aliud simulatur dici [[quam]] dicitur, Quint. 9, 1, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[quasi]] ([[mostly]] Plautin.): [[quasi]] affuerim simulabo [[atque]] audita eloquar, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 45; id. As. 4, 1, 51: [[quasi]] militi animum adjeceris simulare, id. Mil. 3, 3, 35; id. Pers. 4, 5, 5; cf.: [[praefectus]], [[quasi]] et [[ipse]] [[conterritus]], [[simulans]] cuncta pavore compleverat, Curt. 3, 13, 10. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[cur]] simulat? Ter. And. 2, 3, 1; 1, 1, 21; 3, 4, 9: non in perpetuom ut dares, Verum ut simulares, id. Heaut. 4, 5, 34; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15: simulandi gratiā, Sall. J. 37, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 6, 3, 85; Ov. M. 13, 299 al.—Impers. [[pass]].: [[quid]] est, [[quod]] [[amplius]] simuletur? Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 28.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> sĭmŭlans, antis, P. a. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Imitating, [[imitative]]: non fuit in terris vocum simulantior [[ales]] (psittaco), Ov. Am. 2, 6, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sĭmŭlans, The Pretender, the [[title]] of a [[comedy]] of [[Afranius]] (v. the Fragm. Com. Rel. p. 172 sq. Rib.), Cic. Sest. 55, 118.—Advv.: sĭmŭlanter, feignedly, pretendedly, [[apparently]] (for the [[class]]. [[simulate]]): [[simulanter]] revictā Charite, App. M. 8, p. 205, 36.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> sĭmŭlātē, feignedly, pretendedly, not [[sincerely]]: [[sive]] ex [[animo]] id [[fit]] [[sive]] [[simulate]], Cic. N. D. 2, 67, 168: [[ficte]] et [[simulate]], id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13.—Comp.: simulatius [[exit]] proditionis [[opus]], Petr. poët. Fragm. 28, 4.
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|gf=<b>sĭmŭlō</b>,⁸ āvī, ātum, āre ([[similis]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> rendre semblable : [[Minerva]] simulata Mentori Cic. Att. 9, 8, 2, Minerve ayant pris les traits de [[Mentor]] (s’étant faite semblable à [[Mentor]]), cf. Virg. En. 3, 349 &#124;&#124; [d’où] reproduire, copier, imiter : [[aliquid]] imitatione simulatum Cic. de Or. 2, 189, qqch. reproduit par imitation ; simulare Catonem Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13, copier Caton ; [avec prop. inf.] simulat terram prodere... Ov. M. 6, 80, elle représente la terre produisant...<br /><b>2</b> simuler, feindre, [[aliquid]], qqch. : Cic. Off. 3, 61 ; Phil. 13, 2 ; ægrum Liv. 25, 8, 12, faire le malade ; simulatā amicitiā Cæs. G. 1, 44, 10, sous prétexte d’amitié ; [[nihil]] [[fictum]] [[est]], [[nihil]] simulatum Cic. Læl. 26, [[rien]] n’[[est]] feint, [[rien]] n’[[est]] affecté &#124;&#124; [avec prop. inf.] simulat se proficisci Cic. Clu. 27, il feint de partir, cf. Cic. Læl. 99, etc. ; Cæs. G. 4, 4, etc. &#124;&#124; [avec inf., poét.] : simulat abire Ov. M. 2, 687, il feint de partir, cf. Ov. M. 4, 338 &#124;&#124; [[sese]] probos simulavere Sall. J. 85, 9, ils ont fait les [[gens]] honnêtes &#124;&#124; simulare [[quasi]] Pl. Amph. 200, faire comme si, faire semblant de, cf. Pl. Mil. 909 ; etc. &#124;&#124; abs<sup>t</sup>] user de feinte, feindre : Cic. Q. 1, 1, 15. qqf. orth. [[similo]].
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|georg=simulo, āvī, ātum, āre ([[similis]]), [[ähnlich]] [[machen]], I) eig.: A) im allg.: simulata magnis [[Pergama]], Verg.: [[Minerva]] simulata Mentori, die die [[Gestalt]] [[des]] [[Mentor]] [[angenommen]], Cic. – B) insbes.: 1) = [[abbilden]], [[darstellen]], cupressum, Hor.: [[aera]] Alexandri [[vultum]] simulantia, Hor.: m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., percussam sua simulat de cuspide terram edere fetum, stellt dar, [[wie]] das [[Land]] usw., Ov. [[met]]. 6, 80. – 2) = [[nachahmen]], nimbos, Verg.: Catonem, Hor. – II) übtr., [[etwas]] zum Scheine [[äußern]] od. [[vorgeben]], [[sich]] den [[Anschein]] [[von]] [[etwas]] [[geben]], [[sich]] [[stellen]], [[als]] ob usw., mortem, Ter. u. Cic.: gaudia vultu, Ov.: lacrimas, Ov.: negotia, [[mit]] [[Verstellung]], [[mit]] [[Schlauheit]] seine Geschäfte [[führen]], Sall.: simulabat aegrum, stellte [[sich]] [[krank]], spielte die [[Rolle]] eines Kranken, Liv.: so [[auch]] simula sanum, Ov.: aliud agentes, aliud simulantes, Cic.: m. dopp. Akk., per ambitionem [[sese]] probos simulare, Sall. Iug. 85, 9: praegravem [[aut]] delumbem [[sese]] [[simulans]], Plin. 10, 103. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. ([[deutsch]] zuw. [[durch]] »[[angeblich]], [[vorgeblich]], anscheinend, [[scheinbar]]«), simulat se aegrotare, stellt [[sich]] [[krank]], Cic.: simulavit se furere, Cic.: se [[Tarentum]] proficisci simulavit, Cic.: manere iis [[bellum]], [[quod]] positum simuletur, der [[angeblich]] beigelegt [[sei]], Liv.: [[schema]], [[quo]] aliud simulatur dici [[quam]] dicitur, Quint. – poet. m. folg. bl. Infin., simulat Iove [[natus]] abire, Ov. [[met]]. 2, 697: [[simulatque]] gradu discedere [[verso]], ibid. 4, 338. – m. [[quasi]], [[verum]] [[quasi]] affuerim [[tamen]] simulabo, Plaut.: [[quod]] [[illa]] [[autem]] simulet [[quasi]] [[gravedo]] profluat, Plaut. – absol., [[cur]] simulat? [[warum]] verstellt er [[sich]]? Ter.: [[non]] [[sui]] commodi causā simulare, Cic.: simulandi gratiā vineas agere, Sall.: si simulasse vocat [[crimen]], simulavimus [[ambo]], Ov. – unpers., [[quid]] est [[quod]] [[amplius]] simuletur? Ter. heaut. 901. – Abl. absol. simulātō ([[unter]] dem [[Vorgeben]]) m. folg. [[quod]] (daß) u. Konj., Dict. 2, 15. Heges. 5, 38. – Bes. Partiz. simulātus, a, um, [[scheinbar]], [[nur]] den [[Schein]] habend, erheuchelt (Ggstz. [[verus]]), lacrimae, Liv.: [[amicitia]], Nep.: [[sedulitas]], Cic.: falsa ista et simulata ([[angeblich]]) [[emptio]], Cic.: verba, Verg.: [[nec]] simulatum [[quicquam]] potest [[esse]] [[diurnum]], keine [[Vorspiegelung]] (kein [[Blendwerk]]) kann [[sich]] [[lange]] [[halten]], Cic.
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|lnetxt=simulo simulare, simulavi, simulatus V :: imitate, copy; pretend (to have/be); look like; simulate; counterfeit; feint
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