disguise (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. persōna2. intĕgŭmentum3. much more freq. expr. by means of vestis, habitus, etc.II. Fig.1. persōna2. vēlāmentum3. intĕgŭmentum4. sĭmŭlātio5. obtentus, praetextus, ūs • disguise (subs.): I. Lit.: of the person: 1. persōna: v. mask. 2. intĕgŭmentum: Cic. (who has it in fig. sense). 3. much more freq. expr. by means of vestis, habitus, etc.: he assumed the d. of a shepherd, pastoralem cultum induit, Vell.: in the d. of a slave, veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus, Tac.: in the d. of his wife's clothes, permutato cum uxore habitu, Quint.: she assumed the d. of an old hag, simulavit anum, Ov.: to put on a d., *vestitum alienum induere. II. Fig.: 1. persōna: to take the disguise off things, p. rebus demere, Sen. 2. vēlāmentum: seeking a d. for their lusts, quaerentes libidinibus suis v., Sen. 3. intĕgŭmentum: to see through a d., per [involucra atque] integumenta perspicere, Cic.: more fully, integumenta dissimulationis, Cic. 4. sĭmŭlātio: v. pretence. 5. obtentus, praetextus, ūs: v. pretext. Phr.: to put a d. on ugly things, dare colorem deformibus rebus, Quint.: that put an end to Appius's d., ille finis Appio alienae personae ferendae, Liv.: a god in the d. of a bull, taurus dissimulans deum, Ov.; skilled in d., dissimulator, Sall See also verb.