dissimulo

See also: dissimulò

Catalan

Verb

dissimulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of dissimular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈsi.mu.lo/
• Rhymes: -imulo
• Hyphenation: dis‧sì‧mu‧lo

Verb

dissimulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of dissimulare

Latin

Etymology

From dissimilis (“unlike”) +‎ -ō, with i changed to u before a thick l.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪsˈsɪ.mʊ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [disˈsiː.mu.lo]

Verb

dissimulō (present infinitive dissimulāre, perfect active dissimulāvī, supine dissimulātum); first conjugation

1. to conceal, hide, or dissimulate a state of mind

   Synonyms: vēlō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abdō, abscondō, cooperiō, comprimō, prōtegō, premō, opprimō, mergō

   Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.516:

     Dissimulant et nūbe cavā speculantur amictī

     They hide their feelings and, veiled by the hollow cloud, they watch.
     (Aeneas and Achates are hiding themselves within a divine cloud of mist, yet also concealing their emotions upon seeing fellow Trojans thought lost at sea.)

2. to dissemble or disguise, pretend

   Synonyms: fingō, simulō, mentior, affectō, ēmentior, praetendō

3. to disregard, neglect, or ignore

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dissimulō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dissimulō		dissimulās		dissimulat		dissimulāmus		dissimulātis		dissimulant
	imperfect	dissimulābam		dissimulābās		dissimulābat		dissimulābāmus		dissimulābātis		dissimulābant
	future	dissimulābō		dissimulābis		dissimulābit		dissimulābimus		dissimulābitis		dissimulābunt
	perfect	dissimulāvī		dissimulāvistī		dissimulāvit		dissimulāvimus		dissimulāvistis		dissimulāvērunt, dissimulāvēre
	pluperfect	dissimulāveram		dissimulāverās		dissimulāverat		dissimulāverāmus		dissimulāverātis		dissimulāverant
	future perfect	dissimulāverō		dissimulāveris		dissimulāverit		dissimulāverimus		dissimulāveritis		dissimulāverint
passive	present	dissimulor		dissimulāris, dissimulāre		dissimulātur		dissimulāmur		dissimulāminī		dissimulantur
	imperfect	dissimulābar		dissimulābāris, dissimulābāre		dissimulābātur		dissimulābāmur		dissimulābāminī		dissimulābantur
	future	dissimulābor		dissimulāberis, dissimulābere		dissimulābitur		dissimulābimur		dissimulābiminī		dissimulābuntur
	perfect	dissimulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dissimulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dissimulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dissimulem		dissimulēs		dissimulet		dissimulēmus		dissimulētis		dissimulent
	imperfect	dissimulārem		dissimulārēs		dissimulāret		dissimulārēmus		dissimulārētis		dissimulārent
	perfect	dissimulāverim		dissimulāverīs		dissimulāverit		dissimulāverīmus		dissimulāverītis		dissimulāverint
	pluperfect	dissimulāvissem		dissimulāvissēs		dissimulāvisset		dissimulāvissēmus		dissimulāvissētis		dissimulāvissent
passive	present	dissimuler		dissimulēris, dissimulēre		dissimulētur		dissimulēmur		dissimulēminī		dissimulentur
	imperfect	dissimulārer		dissimulārēris, dissimulārēre		dissimulārētur		dissimulārēmur		dissimulārēminī		dissimulārentur
	perfect	dissimulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dissimulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dissimulā		—		—		dissimulāte		—
	future	—		dissimulātō		dissimulātō		—		dissimulātōte		dissimulantō
passive	present	—		dissimulāre		—		—		dissimulāminī		—
	future	—		dissimulātor		dissimulātor		—		—		dissimulantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dissimulāre			dissimulārī			dissimulāns			—
future		dissimulātūrum esse			dissimulātum īrī			dissimulātūrus			dissimulandus
perfect		dissimulāvisse			dissimulātum esse			—			dissimulātus
future perfect		—			dissimulātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dissimulātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dissimulandī		dissimulandō		dissimulandum		dissimulandō		dissimulātum		dissimulātū

Descendants

• Catalan: dissimular
• English: dissemble, dissimulate
• French: dissimuler
• Galician: disimular
• Italian: dissimulare
• Occitan: dissimular
• Portuguese: dissimular
• Spanish: disimular

References

• “dissimulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dissimulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dissimulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pretend not to be ill: dissimulare morbum
    

Portuguese

Verb

dissimulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of dissimular