dissimulatio

Latin

Etymology

From dissimulō (“dissemble, conceal”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dis.si.muˈlaː.ti.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ːɪmʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dis.si.muˈlat.t͡si.o/, [d̪isːimuˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dissimulātiō f (genitive dissimulātiōnis); third declension

1. a dissembling, concealing, disguising, dissimulation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dissimulātiō	dissimulātiōnēs
Genitive	dissimulātiōnis	dissimulātiōnum
Dative	dissimulātiōnī	dissimulātiōnibus
Accusative	dissimulātiōnem	dissimulātiōnēs
Ablative	dissimulātiōne	dissimulātiōnibus
Vocative	dissimulātiō	dissimulātiōnēs

Related terms

• dissimilis
• dissimiliter
• dissimilitūdō
• dissimulāmentum
• dissimulanter
• dissimulātor
• dissimulō

Descendants

• Catalan: dissimulació
• English: dissimulation
• French: dissimulation
• Galician: disimulación
• Italian: dissimulazione
• Occitan: dissimulacion
• Portuguese: dissimulação
• Spanish: disimulación

References

• “dissimulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dissimulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dissimulatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • irony: dissimulatio (Off. 1. 30. 108)