represents the earth producing

sĭmŭlo (less correctly sĭmĭlo; v. assimulo fin.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [similis].

In gen., to make a thing like another; to imitate, copy, represent a thing (mostly poet.;

syn. imitor): corpora igni simulata,

made like, like, Lucr. 1, 687:

nimbos et non imitabile fulmen simulare,

Verg. A. 6, 591:

simulet Catonem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13:

cum sint crura tibi, simulent quae cornua lunae,

Mart. 2, 35, 1:

furias Bacchi,

Ov. M. 6, 596:

equam (sonus),

id. ib. 2, 668:

artem (natura),

id. ib. 3, 158:

anum,

to assume the form of, id. ib. 3, 275; 6, 26; 11, 310; id. F. 4, 517; so,

Homeri illa Minerva simulata Mentori,

Cic. Att. 9, 8, 2 (cf. Hom. Od. 3, 22): simulata Troja, a counterfeit Troy, i. e. which is copied after, built like Troy, Ov. M. 13, 721:

simulata magnis Pergama,

Verg. A. 3, 349:

latices simulatos fontis Averni,

id. ib. 4, 512:

cupressum simulare,

to represent, paint, Hor. A. P. 20:

antrum in ostro,

Sil. 15, 430. —With object-clause: Pallas... simulat... terram Prodere cum baccis fetum canentis olivae, represents the earth producing, etc., Ov. M. 6, 80; cf.

also, transf., of a work of art: aera Fortis Alexandri vultum simulantia,

representing, imaging, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 241.—

In partic., to represent a thing as being which has no existence, to feign a thing to be what it is not (while dissimulare is to pretend a thing not to be which really is, to conceal), to assume the appearance of a thing, to feign, pretend, counterfeit, simulate (class. and freq.).

With acc. (in Cic. in the act. perh. only with a pron.):

nec ut emat melius, nec ut vendat, quicquam simulabit aut dissimulabit vir bonus,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4:

experiar, quid ames, quid simules,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 71:

(oportuit) non simulare mortem verbis, re ipsā spem vitae dare,

i.e. to pretend that she was dead, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 23:

studium conjurationis vehementer simulare,

Sall. C. 41, 5:

deditionem ac deinde metum,

id. J. 36, 2:

diffidentiam rei,

id. ib. 60, 5:

pacem,

id. ib. 111, 4; cf.: pacem cum Scipione Sulla sive faciebat sive simulabat, Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 2:

constantiam,

Tac. H. 1, 81:

obsequium,

id. A. 12, 47 et saep.:

Hannibal aegrum simulabat,

pretended to be sick, Liv. 25, 8, 12:

sanum,

Ov. R. Am. 493:

furentem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 429:

praegravem aut delumbem sese simulans,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103:

supervacaneos,

Just. 6, 6, 3.—With pro:

simulat se pro uxore Nini filium, pro femina puerum,

Just. 1, 2, 1.— Pass.:

tum pol ego is essem vere, qui simulabar,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 58:

non simulatur amor,

Ov. H. 17, 36:

tecto lumine somnus,

id. ib. 21, 199:

ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,

Sall. J. 95, 3 et saep.—Esp. freq. in part. perf.:

ficto officio simulatāque sedulitate conjunctus,

Cic. Caecin. 5, 14:

officio simulato,

id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

simulatā amicitiā,

Caes. B. G. 1,44:

hortatur simulata conscientia adeant,

Tac. A. 2, 40 et saep.:

cum ex eo quaereretur, quid esset dolus malus? respondebat: cum esset aliud simulatum, aliud actum,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60:

in amicitiā nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

id. Lael. 8, 26; so (with fictum) id. ib. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 12, 43;

with falsum,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; id. Phil. 11, 2, 5;

with fucata (opp. vera),

id. Lael. 25, 95:

simulato vecta juvenco,

Ov. Am. 1, 3, 23:

simulatae ordine justo exsequiae,

Sil. 16, 305.—

With object-clause (so most freq.):

qui omnia se simulant scire,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 168:

ille se Tarentum proficisci cum simulasset,

Cic. Clu. 9, 27:

illi reverti se in suas sedes simulaverunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 4:

simulat Jove natus abire,

Ov. M. 2, 697; 4, 338 al.; Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 4; id. Ep. 3, 2, 37; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; id. Rud. 5, 3, 43; id. Truc. prol. 18; 1, 1, 68 sq. al.:

id mirari te simulato,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 70; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; 1, 2, 113; Afran. ap. Non. 511, 7; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Lael. 26, 99; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13; Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Quint. 8, 2, 24:

simulandum est, quaedam nos dicere,

Quint. 4, 5, 20; cf.:

qui per ambitionem probos sese simulavere,

Sall. J. 85, 9:

adcurrit pedes ejus feta, praegravem, delumbem sese simulans,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; Just. 3, 1, 8:

simulans a Dareo se esse praemissum,

Curt. 4, 1, 29.— Pass.:

schema, quo aliud simulatur dici quam dicitur,

Quint. 9, 1, 14.—

With quasi (mostly Plautin.):

quasi affuerim simulabo atque audita eloquar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 45; id. As. 4, 1, 51:

quasi militi animum adjeceris simulare,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 35; id. Pers. 4, 5, 5; cf.:

praefectus, quasi et ipse conterritus, simulans cuncta pavore compleverat,

Curt. 3, 13, 10. —

Absol.:

cur simulat?

Ter. And. 2, 3, 1; 1, 1, 21; 3, 4, 9:

non in perpetuom ut dares, Verum ut simulares,

id. Heaut. 4, 5, 34; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15:

simulandi gratiā,

Sall. J. 37, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 6, 3, 85; Ov. M. 13, 299 al.— Impers. pass.:

quid est, quod amplius simuletur?

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 28.—Hence,

sĭmŭlans, antis, P. a.

Imitating, imitative:

non fuit in terris vocum simulantior ales (psittaco),

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 23.—

Sĭmŭlans, The Pretender, the title of a comedy of Afranius (v. the Fragm. Com. Rel. p. 172 sq. Rib.), Cic. Sest. 55, 118.— Advv.: sĭmŭlanter, feignedly, pretendedly, apparently (for the class. simulate):

simulanter revictā Charite,

App. M. 8, p. 205, 36.—

sĭmŭlātē, feignedly, pretendedly, not sincerely:

sive ex animo id fit sive simulate,

Cic. N. D. 2, 67, 168:

ficte et simulate,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13.— Comp.: simulatius exit proditionis opus, Petr. poët. Fragm. 28, 4.

sĭmŭlo (less correctly sĭmĭlo; v. assimulo fin.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [similis].

In gen., to make a thing like another; to imitate, copy, represent a thing (mostly poet.;

syn. imitor): corpora igni simulata,

made like, like, Lucr. 1, 687:

nimbos et non imitabile fulmen simulare,

Verg. A. 6, 591:

simulet Catonem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13:

cum sint crura tibi, simulent quae cornua lunae,

Mart. 2, 35, 1:

furias Bacchi,

Ov. M. 6, 596:

equam (sonus),

id. ib. 2, 668:

artem (natura),

id. ib. 3, 158:

anum,

to assume the form of, id. ib. 3, 275; 6, 26; 11, 310; id. F. 4, 517; so,

Homeri illa Minerva simulata Mentori,

Cic. Att. 9, 8, 2 (cf. Hom. Od. 3, 22): simulata Troja, a counterfeit Troy, i. e. which is copied after, built like Troy, Ov. M. 13, 721:

simulata magnis Pergama,

Verg. A. 3, 349:

latices simulatos fontis Averni,

id. ib. 4, 512:

cupressum simulare,

to represent, paint, Hor. A. P. 20:

antrum in ostro,

Sil. 15, 430. —With object-clause: Pallas... simulat... terram Prodere cum baccis fetum canentis olivae, represents the earth producing, etc., Ov. M. 6, 80; cf.

also, transf., of a work of art: aera Fortis Alexandri vultum simulantia,

representing, imaging, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 241.—

In partic., to represent a thing as being which has no existence, to feign a thing to be what it is not (while dissimulare is to pretend a thing not to be which really is, to conceal), to assume the appearance of a thing, to feign, pretend, counterfeit, simulate (class. and freq.).

With acc. (in Cic. in the act. perh. only with a pron.):

nec ut emat melius, nec ut vendat, quicquam simulabit aut dissimulabit vir bonus,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4:

experiar, quid ames, quid simules,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 71:

(oportuit) non simulare mortem verbis, re ipsā spem vitae dare,

i.e. to pretend that she was dead, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 23:

studium conjurationis vehementer simulare,

Sall. C. 41, 5:

deditionem ac deinde metum,

id. J. 36, 2:

diffidentiam rei,

id. ib. 60, 5:

pacem,

id. ib. 111, 4; cf.: pacem cum Scipione Sulla sive faciebat sive simulabat, Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 2:

constantiam,

Tac. H. 1, 81:

obsequium,

id. A. 12, 47 et saep.:

Hannibal aegrum simulabat,

pretended to be sick, Liv. 25, 8, 12:

sanum,

Ov. R. Am. 493:

furentem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 429:

praegravem aut delumbem sese simulans,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103:

supervacaneos,

Just. 6, 6, 3.—With pro:

simulat se pro uxore Nini filium, pro femina puerum,

Just. 1, 2, 1.— Pass.:

tum pol ego is essem vere, qui simulabar,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 58:

non simulatur amor,

Ov. H. 17, 36:

tecto lumine somnus,

id. ib. 21, 199:

ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,

Sall. J. 95, 3 et saep.—Esp. freq. in part. perf.:

ficto officio simulatāque sedulitate conjunctus,

Cic. Caecin. 5, 14:

officio simulato,

id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

simulatā amicitiā,

Caes. B. G. 1,44:

hortatur simulata conscientia adeant,

Tac. A. 2, 40 et saep.:

cum ex eo quaereretur, quid esset dolus malus? respondebat: cum esset aliud simulatum, aliud actum,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60:

in amicitiā nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

id. Lael. 8, 26; so (with fictum) id. ib. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 12, 43;

with falsum,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; id. Phil. 11, 2, 5;

with fucata (opp. vera),

id. Lael. 25, 95:

simulato vecta juvenco,

Ov. Am. 1, 3, 23:

simulatae ordine justo exsequiae,

Sil. 16, 305.—

With object-clause (so most freq.):

qui omnia se simulant scire,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 168:

ille se Tarentum proficisci cum simulasset,

Cic. Clu. 9, 27:

illi reverti se in suas sedes simulaverunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 4:

simulat Jove natus abire,

Ov. M. 2, 697; 4, 338 al.; Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 4; id. Ep. 3, 2, 37; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; id. Rud. 5, 3, 43; id. Truc. prol. 18; 1, 1, 68 sq. al.:

id mirari te simulato,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 70; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; 1, 2, 113; Afran. ap. Non. 511, 7; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Lael. 26, 99; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13; Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Quint. 8, 2, 24:

simulandum est, quaedam nos dicere,

Quint. 4, 5, 20; cf.:

qui per ambitionem probos sese simulavere,

Sall. J. 85, 9:

adcurrit pedes ejus feta, praegravem, delumbem sese simulans,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; Just. 3, 1, 8:

simulans a Dareo se esse praemissum,

Curt. 4, 1, 29.— Pass.:

schema, quo aliud simulatur dici quam dicitur,

Quint. 9, 1, 14.—

With quasi (mostly Plautin.):

quasi affuerim simulabo atque audita eloquar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 45; id. As. 4, 1, 51:

quasi militi animum adjeceris simulare,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 35; id. Pers. 4, 5, 5; cf.:

praefectus, quasi et ipse conterritus, simulans cuncta pavore compleverat,

Curt. 3, 13, 10. —

Absol.:

cur simulat?

Ter. And. 2, 3, 1; 1, 1, 21; 3, 4, 9:

non in perpetuom ut dares, Verum ut simulares,

id. Heaut. 4, 5, 34; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15:

simulandi gratiā,

Sall. J. 37, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 6, 3, 85; Ov. M. 13, 299 al.— Impers. pass.:

quid est, quod amplius simuletur?

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 28.—Hence,

sĭmŭlans, antis, P. a.

Imitating, imitative:

non fuit in terris vocum simulantior ales (psittaco),

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 23.—

Sĭmŭlans, The Pretender, the title of a comedy of Afranius (v. the Fragm. Com. Rel. p. 172 sq. Rib.), Cic. Sest. 55, 118.— Advv.: sĭmŭlanter, feignedly, pretendedly, apparently (for the class. simulate):

simulanter revictā Charite,

App. M. 8, p. 205, 36.—

sĭmŭlātē, feignedly, pretendedly, not sincerely:

sive ex animo id fit sive simulate,

Cic. N. D. 2, 67, 168:

ficte et simulate,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13.— Comp.: simulatius exit proditionis opus, Petr. poët. Fragm. 28, 4.

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