insimulo

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ simulō (“copy, represent”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

īnsimulō (present infinitive īnsimulāre, perfect active īnsimulāvī, supine īnsimulātum); first conjugation

1. to accuse, blame, charge

   Synonyms: accūsō, incūsō

Usage notes

Unlike some other verbs with a similar meaning, īnsimulō implies that the accusation is plausible, although not necessarily true.

Generally takes accusative of person accused, and genitive of charge.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnsimulō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsimulō		īnsimulās		īnsimulat		īnsimulāmus		īnsimulātis		īnsimulant
	imperfect	īnsimulābam		īnsimulābās		īnsimulābat		īnsimulābāmus		īnsimulābātis		īnsimulābant
	future	īnsimulābō		īnsimulābis		īnsimulābit		īnsimulābimus		īnsimulābitis		īnsimulābunt
	perfect	īnsimulāvī		īnsimulāvistī		īnsimulāvit		īnsimulāvimus		īnsimulāvistis		īnsimulāvērunt, īnsimulāvēre
	pluperfect	īnsimulāveram		īnsimulāverās		īnsimulāverat		īnsimulāverāmus		īnsimulāverātis		īnsimulāverant
	future perfect	īnsimulāverō		īnsimulāveris		īnsimulāverit		īnsimulāverimus		īnsimulāveritis		īnsimulāverint
passive	present	īnsimulor		īnsimulāris, īnsimulāre		īnsimulātur		īnsimulāmur		īnsimulāminī		īnsimulantur
	imperfect	īnsimulābar		īnsimulābāris, īnsimulābāre		īnsimulābātur		īnsimulābāmur		īnsimulābāminī		īnsimulābantur
	future	īnsimulābor		īnsimulāberis, īnsimulābere		īnsimulābitur		īnsimulābimur		īnsimulābiminī		īnsimulābuntur
	perfect	īnsimulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnsimulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnsimulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsimulem		īnsimulēs		īnsimulet		īnsimulēmus		īnsimulētis		īnsimulent
	imperfect	īnsimulārem		īnsimulārēs		īnsimulāret		īnsimulārēmus		īnsimulārētis		īnsimulārent
	perfect	īnsimulāverim		īnsimulāverīs		īnsimulāverit		īnsimulāverīmus		īnsimulāverītis		īnsimulāverint
	pluperfect	īnsimulāvissem		īnsimulāvissēs		īnsimulāvisset		īnsimulāvissēmus		īnsimulāvissētis		īnsimulāvissent
passive	present	īnsimuler		īnsimulēris, īnsimulēre		īnsimulētur		īnsimulēmur		īnsimulēminī		īnsimulentur
	imperfect	īnsimulārer		īnsimulārēris, īnsimulārēre		īnsimulārētur		īnsimulārēmur		īnsimulārēminī		īnsimulārentur
	perfect	īnsimulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnsimulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		īnsimulā		—		—		īnsimulāte		—
	future	—		īnsimulātō		īnsimulātō		—		īnsimulātōte		īnsimulantō
passive	present	—		īnsimulāre		—		—		īnsimulāminī		—
	future	—		īnsimulātor		īnsimulātor		—		—		īnsimulantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnsimulāre			īnsimulārī			īnsimulāns			—
future		īnsimulātūrum esse			īnsimulātum īrī			īnsimulātūrus			īnsimulandus
perfect		īnsimulāvisse			īnsimulātum esse			—			īnsimulātus
future perfect		—			īnsimulātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		īnsimulātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		īnsimulandī		īnsimulandō		īnsimulandum		īnsimulandō		īnsimulātum		īnsimulātū

Synonyms

• (accuse): accūsō, incūsō

Derived terms

• īnsimulātiō
• īnsimulātor
• īnsimulātus

Related terms

• simulō

References

• “insimulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insimulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “insimulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.