under prelext of

sĭmŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [simulo, II.], a falsely assumed appearance, a false show, feigning, shamming, pretence, feint, insincerity, deceit, hypocrisy, simulation, etc. (class. and very freq.; cf. imitatio).

With gen.:

simulatio insaniae,

Cic. Off. 3, 26, 97:

stultitiae,

id. Brut. 14, 53:

imitatio simulatioque virtutis,

id. Ac. 2, 46, 140; id. Att. 7, 1, 6:

omnium rerum,

id. Lael. 25, 92:

timoris,

Caes. B. G. 5, 50 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 40:

itineris,

id. B. G. 6, 8:

deditionis,

id. B. C. 3, 28:

vulnerum,

id. ib. 2, 35:

rei frumentariae,

id. B. G. 1, 40; cf.: legis agrariae (with nomen), [p. 1705] Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15: rei publicae, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 5:

Parthici belli,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9.—Esp., abl. adverb., under prelext of, under pretence of, etc.:

amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

muliones equitum specie ac simulatione collibus circumvehi jubet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45; cf.:

gladiatores emtos esse Fausti simulatione ad caedem ac tumultum,

as was pretended for Faustus, Cic. Sull. 19, 54:

pro sociis contra hostīs exercitum mittere, an hostium simulatione contra socios,

id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 66:

provocare arma Romana simulatione numinum ausus est,

under pretence of a divine command, Tac. H. 2, 61. —Similarly:

per simulationem, cum simulatione: per simulationem amicitiae me nefarie prodiderunt,

Cic. Red. Quir. 9, 21:

cum simulatione timoris agere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 50.—

Absol.:

ex omni vitā simulatio dissimulatioque tollenda est,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:

simulatio et inanis ostentatio,

id. ib. 2, 12, 43:

in specie fictae simulationis, pietas inesse non potest,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 3:

nihil ut opus sit simulatione et fallaciis,

id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; so (with perfidia) Caes. B. G. 4, 13:

non mea'st simulatio,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 34; cf.:

optima est simulatio contra simulantem,

Quint. 6, 3, 92:

nihil simulatio proficit,

Sen. Ep. 79, 18.— Plur.:

illa simulationum nescia,

Tac. A. 4, 54:

simulationum falsa,

id. ib. 6, 45; 6, 54; Plin. Pan. 72 fin. —

Rhet. t. t.: eirôneia est simulatio, Mart. Cap. 5, § 523.