simulator
τὸ δανείζεσθαι τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀφροσύνης καὶ μαλακίας ἐστίν → being in debt is a mark of extreme folly and moral weakness (Plutarch, On Avoiding Debt 829F3)
Latin > English
simulator simulatoris N M :: one who copies or imitates; feigner
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sĭmŭlātor: ōris, m. simulo.
I A copier, imitator (poet. and very rare): excitat artificem simulatoremque figurae Morphea, Ov. M. 11, 634: humani qualis simulator simius oris, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 303.—
II A feigner, pretender, counterfeit, hypocrite, simulator, etc. (the class. signif. of the word).
(a) With gen.: animus cujus rei libet simulator ac dissimulator, Sall. C. 5, 4: segnitiae, Tac. A. 14, 57: belli, Luc. 4, 722.—
(b) Absol.: in omni oratione simulatorem, quem εἴρωνα Graeci nominarunt, Socratem accepimus, * Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108: benevolus et simulator, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 10, 39: callidus et simulator, Tac. A. 13, 47.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sĭmŭlātŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (simulo),
1 celui qui représente, qui copie, imitateur : Ov. M. 11, 634
2 celui qui feint, qui simule : Cic. Off. 1, 108 ; Tac. Ann. 13, 47 || segnitiæ Tac. Ann. 14, 57, feignant l’indolence, cf. Sall. C. 5, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
simulātor, ōris, m. (simulo), I) der Nachahmer, figurae, Ov. met. 11, 634: humani oris, Claud. Eutr. 1, 303. – II) übtr., der Heuchler, fälschlich Vorgeber, cuius rei libet simulator ac dissimulator, worin er wollte, heuchlerisch u. verstellt, Sall.: segnitiae, Tac.: simulator in omni oratione, ein Meister in schalkhafter Verstellung (griech. εἴρων), von Sokrates, Cic.: alqm callidum et simulatorem interpretari, in jmd. einen listigen Heuchler zu erkennen glauben, Tac.
