• apparently (as opposed to really, truly): specie, in speciem, per speciem: that Demetrias was a. free; but that in reality, etc., specie liberam Demetriadem esse, revera, etc., Liv.: the proceedings being a. postponed, in reality done away with altogether, dilata in speciem actione, re ipsa sublata, Liv.: Cic.: v. ostensibly, appearance. It may also sometimes be expressed by speciem habere, ferre, i. e. to be apparently: as, if what was a. honourable were at variance with what seemed to be expedient, si id quod speciem haberet honesti pugnaret cum eo quod utile videretur, Cic.: this man is a. good, hic speciem prae se fert boni viri, Cic.: v. feignedly.