adsimulent
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...adest Stratophanes. nunc tibi opust, aegram ut te adsimules. PH. Tace. cui adhuc ego tam mala eram monetrix..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quid gnate mi? attat, scio cur te patrem adsimules esse et me filium: quia mi item ut parentes..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...spero confore. nunc tuomst officium has bene ut adsimules nuptias, perterrefacias Davom, observes filium quid agat, quid..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...omnis in uires adducta Venus; noctemque diemque adsimulant maculis internigrantibus albae: tantus uterque color, credi nec degener illo..."