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
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quoque hominum fingit scelus. ME. gnatu' quod se adsimulat laetum, id dicis? CH. id. ME. idem istuc mihi..."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..."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..."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..."