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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la similis}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsɪ.mʊ.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsiː.mu.lo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''simulō''' (present infinitive simulāre, perfect active simulāvī, supine simulātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''similō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[similis]] “like”, with ⟨u⟩ for ⟨i⟩ before a dark /l/.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of pretending that something is so.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to pretend that something is the case, as in Plautus, and in Cicero to feign a state of body or mind.^(OLD 2012) In Quintilian it was a rhetorical term, in Ovid it meant to pretend to be someone, and in Virgil to counterfeit, imitate and represent in art.^(OLD 2012) In Lucretius it meant to make similar, and Cicero has ''Minerva simulāta Mentorī'' “Minerva in the shape of Mentor”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to copy, imitate, represent, feign.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into Italian ''simulare'' and Spanish ''simular'', and its participle ''simulātus'' is behind [[en|simulate]], first recorded in the 1620s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of pretending.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of making similar.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of feigning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1620s – English ''simulate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|pretend]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To feign (a feeling or state).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To act the part of.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To counterfeit; to [[m|en|imitate]]; to represent.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To make similar.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[assimulō]]
+ * [[cōnsimilō]]
+ * [[dissimulō]]
+ * [[īnsimulō]]
+ * [[simulācrum]]
+ * [[simulāmen]]
+ * [[simulāmentum]]
+ * [[simulatilis]]
+ * [[simulātiō]]
+ * [[simulātor]]
+ * [[simulātrix]]
+ * [[simulāns]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[similis]]
+ * [[en|simulate]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}