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|lshtext=<b>dissĭmŭlo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[dissimilis]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[feign]] [[that]] a [[thing]] is not [[that]] [[which]] it is; to [[dissemble]], [[disguise]]; to [[hide]], [[conceal]], [[keep]] [[secret]] (cf.: [[fingo]], [[simulo]], [[confingo]], [[comminiscor]]—[[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: [[nihil]] fingam, [[nihil]] dissimulem, [[nihil]] obtegam, Cic. Att. 1, 18: aliquid ([[with]] tegere), Caes. B. C. 1, 19, 2; [[with]] obtegere, Suet. Ner. 29; [[with]] celare, Ter. And. 1, 1, 105; [[with]] occultare, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105; Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 6; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 86: nec, ut emat [[melius]], nec ut vendat, [[quicquam]] simulabit aut dissimulabit vir [[bonus]], id. Off. 3, 15; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4: quaedam in actione dissimulata, Quint. 6, 4, 14: consonantium quaedam insequente vocali dissimulatur, is obscured, said of elision in [[poetry]], id. 11, 3, 34: occultam febrem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 23; cf. metum, id. C. 2, 20, 17: gaudia, Ov. M. 6, 653: [[nomen]] suum, id. Tr. 4, 9, 32: natum cultu, id. M. 13, 163: se, to [[assume]] [[another]] form, id. ib. 2, 731: deum, i. e. concealing his [[divinity]], id. H. 4, 56; id. F. 5, 504; cf. also [[pass]]. [[with]] [[mid]]. [[force]]: dissimulata deam, id. ib. 6, 507; Stat. Silv. 1, 2, 14; and virum veste longa ([[Achilles]]), Ov. A. A. 1, 690.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf.: dissimulabam me harum sermoni operam [[dare]], Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 54; so id. Most. 5, 1, 23; Cic. Att. 8, 1 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 2; Suet. Caes. 10; 73; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 5 al. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a rel. [[clause]]: nec judices, a quo sint moti, dissimulant, Quint. 12, 9, 7; so id. 6 prooem. § 7; Verg. A. 4, 291 al.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[quasi]]: dissimulabo, hos [[quasi]] non videam, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 2.—（ε) Absol.: [[plane]] ea est; sed [[quomodo]] dissimulabat! Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 53; id. Most. 4, 3, 23; id. Men. 4, 2, 44; 78; Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Mur. 19, 40 (opp. fateri); Caes. B. C. 1, 19, 1; Hor. S. 1, 9, 66; Ov. H. 17, 151 et saep.: dissimulant, [[they]] [[repress]] [[their]] feelings, Verg. A. 1, 516.—（ζ) With de: [[primo]] fingere [[alia]], dissimulare de conjuratione, etc., Sall. C. 47, 1: de condicione sua, Dig. 40, 13, 4.— *<br /><b>II</b> To [[leave]] [[unnoticed]], to [[neglect]]: damnosam curationem, Veg. Vet. 1 prooem. § 5: [[quod]] dissimulatum, Amm. 21, 3.— Hence, dissĭmŭlanter, adv., [[dissemblingly]], [[clandestinely]], [[secretly]]: non aperte, nec [[eodem]] [[modo]] [[semper]], sed [[varie]] dissimulanterque conclusis, Cic. Brut. 79, 274; id. Fam. 1, 5, b. fin.; Liv. 40, 23; Suet. Tib. 21 (opp. Palam); Ov. H. 20, 132 al.— Comp. and [[sup]]. do not [[occur]].