1. s. odium occultum, tacitum: simultas obscura (a secret, suppressed dislike or enmity between two parties or persons, especially in political matters; opposed to simultas aperta; Döderlein and Herzog show that simultas alone does not express our “spite”): odium inclusum (Cic., Fam., 1, 9, 54). To cherish spite, odium occultum gerere adversus aliquem (after Plin., 8, 18, 26); occulta simultas mihi cum aliquo intercedit (after Caes., B.C., 2, 25): in spite of, by the prepositions adversus or in; adversus marking opposition and inconsistency between the two things; in expressing the existence of a state, but implying inconsistency between it and the other assertion. Something was done in spite of a treaty, a decree of the Senate, adversus inducias, senatus consultum: stultus est adversus aetatem et capitis canitiem (in spite of his age and grey hairs); sed in hac aetate utrique animi juveniles erant; tamen in tot circumstantibus malis mansit aliquam diu immota acies; or by ablative absolute with contemtus, neglectus, etc. (e.g., in spite of anybody, invito or nolente aliquo): he proceeds in spite of difficulties, licet tot difficultates obstent, objiciantur, tamen incepto suo non desistit: he retains his opinion in spite of all contrary arguments, contemtis, neglectis, omnibus adversarii rationibus, in sua perseverat sententia: you see how poor it is in spite of its fine name, qui tam tanto nomine quam sit parvus vides.