dissimulo

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dissĭmŭlo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. dissimilis,
I 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.).
   (a)    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.—
   (b)    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. —
   (g)    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.—*
   (d)    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.— *
II 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dissĭmŭlō,⁸ āvī, ātum, āre (dis, simulo), tr.,
1 dissimuler, cacher : scelus Cic. Sest. 25, dissimuler un crime, cf. Att. 1, 18, 1 ; dissimulare non potero mihi, quæ adhuc acta sunt, displicere Cic. Att. 8, 1, 4, je ne pourrai cacher que tout ce qu’on a fait jusqu’à présent me déplaît, cf. Domo 121 || id dissimulare non sinit quin Cic. Or. 147, cela ne permet pas de dissimuler que, cf. Gell. 6, 3, 40 || abs^t] : Cic. Off. 1, 108 ; Mur. 40 ; dissimulavi dolens Cic. Att. 5, 1, 4, ayant de la peine je dissimulai, je ne laissai rien paraître de ma peine ; de conjuratione Sall. C. 47, 1, dissimuler au sujet de la conjuration ; ex dissimulato Sen. Nat. 4, præf., 5, en cachette, à la dérobée ; ex male dissimulato Vell. 2, 109, 2, en cachant mal
2 ne pas faire attention à, négliger : dissimulatus Macri consulatus Tac. H. 2, 71, on ne tint pas compte de Macer pour le consulat [il avait été désigné] ; consonantem Quint. 11, 3, 34, ne pas prononcer une consonne.