insimulo
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- + simulō (“copy, represent”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈsi.mu.loː/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪmʊɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈsi.mu.lo/, [inˈsiːmulo]
Verb[edit]
īnsimulō (present infinitive īnsimulāre, perfect active īnsimulāvī, supine īnsimulātum); first conjugation
Usage notes[edit]
Unlike some other verbs with a similar meaning, īnsimulō implies that the accusation is plausible, although not necessarily true.
Generally takes accusative of person accused, and genitive of charge.
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References[edit]
- “insimulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insimulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insimulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.