feign Copy link Outline 1. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (usu. trans., and foll. by acc.)2. confingo, 3 (usu. to fabricate, concoct)3. sĭmŭlo, 1 (to pretend something which is not)4. dissĭmŭlo, 1 (to pretend that something is not which is; opp. to preced. • feign: 1. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (usu. trans., and foll. by acc.): to f. friendship for the sake of expediency, utilitatis causa f. amicitiam, Cic.: to wear a f.'d countenance (conceal feeling), f. vultum, Caes. B. G. 1, 39, med.: oftener of the action of fancy or imagination: v. to imagine. 2. confingo, 3 (usu. to fabricate, concoct): to f. tears, lacrimas c., Ter. And. 3, 3, 26. 3. sĭmŭlo, 1 (to pretend something which is not): he had f.'d to be setting out for Tarentum, ille se Tarentum proficisci simularat, Cic.: to promise surrender and afterwards f. fear, polliceri deditionem ac deinde metum s., Sall. Jug. 36. In pregnant sense: those who f. the saint and act the rake, qui Curios s. et Bacchanalia vivunt, Juv. 2, 3. Less freq. (except in Pl. Ter.) is the comp. assĭmŭlo: he f.'d to be in love, amare assimulavit, Pl.: also foll. by quasi and subj., Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 8. 4. dissĭmŭlo, 1 (to pretend that something is not which is; opp. to preced.: cf. Sall. Cat. 5, simulator ac dissimulator): to f. freedom from fear, metum d., Tac.: I will f. not to see these people, dissimulabo hos quasi non videam, Pl. Mil. 4, 2, 2: the acc. and inf. is more usual, though less vivid, Cic. Att. 8, 1, fin.: Pl.