disguise (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. mūto, permūto, 1 (with some such word as vestem, habitum)2. dissĭmŭlo, 1 (rare in this sense)II. Fig.1. dissĭmŭlo, 12. obtĕgo, 3; cēlo, 13. praetendo, praetexo, 3 • disguise (v.): I. Lit.: to assume a disguise of person: 1. mūto, permūto, 1 (with some such word as vestem, habitum): he escaped the city d.d in a dress beneath his rank, mutata veste, habitum dissimilem fortunae suae indutus, urbe elapsus est, Vell.: he (Codrus) d.d himself in rags, and entered the hostile camp, permutato regis habitu, pannosus, castra hostium ingreditur, Just. 2. dissĭmŭlo, 1 (rare in this sense): to d. one's manhood under long clothes, longa veste virum d., Ov.: v. to conceal. Phr.: to d. oneself (of a woman) in men's clothes, vestem virilem induere, Just.: d.ing her sex, sexum mentita, Just.: to recognise a man thus d.d, occultum falsi sub imagine sexus virum nosse, Stat. See also subs. (I.). II. Fig.: to hide or mask a quality: 1. dissĭmŭlo, 1: to d. one's displeasure, d. aliquid sibi displicere, Cic.: to d. one's ignorance, d. se nescire, Cic. 2. obtĕgo, 3; cēlo, 1: v. to hide, conceal. 3. praetendo, praetexo, 3: v. to cloak.