dissimulatio Latin · revision 32252

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la dissimulō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dɪs.sɪ.mʊˈɫaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [dis.si.muˈlat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dissimulātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dissimulātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dissimulō|-tiō|t1=to dissemble, conceal]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The OLD derives [[m|la|dissimulō]] from [[m|la|dis-]] and [[m|la|simulō|t=to imitate, pretend]], Wiktionary from [[m|la|dissimilis|t=unlike]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Verrines'' speaks of wickedness and boldness not even hidden by dissimulation.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the concealment of one's real purpose or feelings, often in Cicero, Quintilian and Tacitus, who has someone disguised in a slave's clothes for concealment.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero also uses it for Socratic irony, the urbane pretence of saying one thing while meaning another.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Tacitus it is pretended ignorance or deliberate disregard: “among the bad there was ready mutiny, among the honest connivance”.^(OLD 2012) In Medieval Latin it means carelessness or indifference, and hesitation or delay.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|dissimulation]] (late 14th century) comes from Old French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of concealment and of Socratic irony.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of pretended ignorance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|dissimulation]] is formed from it, partly through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Concealment of one's real purpose or feelings, [[m|en|dissimulation]], disguise.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Socratic [[m|en|irony]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Pretended ignorance, deliberate disregard, [[m|en|connivance]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Carelessness, indifference; hesitation, delay.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[simulatio|alt=simulātiō]]

+ * [[en|dissimulation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}