sĭmŭlātĭo (noun 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), 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.
* Rhet. t. t.: εἰρωνεία est simulatio, Mart. Cap. 5, § 523.