(v. a.P. a.) : 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.
* Sĭmŭlans, antis, P. a. *
* 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
* 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.
* 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.