adsimulat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adsimulo, adsimulare, adsimulavi, adsimulatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
make like; compare; counterfeit, simulate, imitate, pretend, feign, act a part;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quoque hominum fingit scelus. ME. gnatu' quod se adsimulat laetum, id dicis? CH. id. ME. idem istuc mihi..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...mirabile monstrum) Dardaniis ornat telis, clipeumque iubasque divini adsimulat capitis, dat inania verba, dat sine mente sonum gressusque..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quoque, quod ventis animal nutritur et aura, protinus adsimulat, tetigit quoscumque colores. victa racemifero lyncas dedit India Baccho..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Neve doli cessent, odium cum coniuge falsum Phasias adsimulat Peliaeque ad limina supplex confugit; atque illam, quoniam gravis..."