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): /disˈsi.mu.loː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈs̠ɪmʊɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈsi.mu.lo/, [d̪isˈsiːmulo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dissimulāre	dissimulāvisse	dissimulātūrum esse	dissimulārī	dissimulātum esse	dissimulātum īrī
participles		dissimulāns	—	dissimulātūrus	—	dissimulātus	dissimulandus
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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pretend not to be ill: dissimulare morbum
    

Portuguese

Verb

dissimulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of dissimular