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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (5 entries · 12 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (3)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• counterfeit (v.):
    1. I. To forge, copy, or imitate: ĭmĭtor, 1: to c. the cry of a pig, porcelli vocem i., Phaedr.: this c.s that, but is not such, hoc im. illud, sed non est ejusmodi, Cic. But imitor (more fully, imitando effingere atque exprimere, is more usu. in good sense: v. imitate. Phr.: to c. a will, testamentum subjicere, supponere, subdere: to c. coin, numos adulterinos percutere: v. to forge, coin.
    2. II. To put on a false resemblance:
      1. 1. sĭmŭlo, 1 (correl. dissimulo; to disguise and hide): to c. the storms and lightning, nimbos et fulmen s., Virg.: to c. madness, s. se furere, Cic.
      2. 2. assĭmŭlo, 1: leaning on a staff she c.'d an old woman, innitens baculo assimulavit anum, Ov.
      3. 3. mentior, 4: you c. a young man by dyeing your hair, mentiris juvenem tinctis capillis, Mart.: Virg.: v. feign, pretend.
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• counterfeit (adj.):
      1. 1. fictĭcius: c. gems, f. gemmae, Plin.: v. spurious.
      2. 2. ădultĕrīnus: c. money, numus a., Cic.
      3. 3. falsus: a c. letter, f. literae, Liv.: at the waters of the c. Simois, f. Simoentis ad undam, Virg.
      4. 4. fictus: v. false (II.).
      5. 5. fūcātus (tricked out with spurious qualities): to distinguish all c. things from genuine, omnia f. a sinceris secernere, Cic.
      6. 6. fūcōsus: (i. q. fucatus): Cic.
      7. 7. mentītus (poet.): c. weapons, m. tela, Virg. c. shapes, m. figurae, Ov.
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• counterfeit (subs.): expr. with adj.: as, all c.s fall short of the real thing, *deteriora sunt ficticia omnia veris; "vincit imitationem veritas," Cic.: v. preced. art.
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• COUNTERFEIT
1.
  • Make a (fraudulent) imitation of, imitari (general term): imitando exprimere or effingere. (The words are found in this connection and order), effingere et exprimere: imitari et exprimere; also effingere or exprimere only: assimulare (to make anything like another; then with accessory notion of deception; e.g., the human voice, sermonem humanum): to counterfeit anybody’s handwriting, alicujus chirogrftphum imitari or assimulare: to counterfeit money, numos adulterinos percutere (after Suet., Ner., 25); monetam adulterinam exercere (Ulp., Dig., 48, 13, 6, § 1): to counterfeit a will, testamentum subjicere, supponere, subdere. [Vid: FORGE.]
  • To put on the appearance of, simulare or assimulare (e.g., simulare studium alicujus rei, zeal in a cause; mortem, metum, diffidentiam alicujus rei; sedulitatem; assimulare anum; se laetum): to counterfeit sickness, simulare aegrum; assimulare se aegrum; simulare valetudinem: to counterfeit learning, simulare se doctum esse; simulare doctrinam: to counterfeit cheerfulness, assimulare se laetum; or hilaritatem fingere: to counterfeit piety, *se pium erga deum simulare: ihe appearance of youth, mentiri juvenem (Martisalis): insanity, simulare se furere (Cic.).
2. s. circumlocution with the adjectives under COUNTERFEIT: e.g., to prove anything to be a counterfait, aliquid adulterinum (ficticium, etc.) esse probare (after Quint., 2, 17, 17).
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• COUNTERFEIT, COUNTERFEITED
ficticius (general term, not genuine; e.g., jewels, wine, Plin., 37, 13, 76, and 15, 7, 7, ed. Hard.); adulterinus (with accessory notion of deceit or falsification, opposed to bonus; e.g., of coin, a false key, etc., opposed to verus): falsus (false in general; e.g., a letter): fucosus: fucatus (that has only the external appearance of anything, opposed to sincerus, probus; e.g., merchandize): subditus: suppositus: subditicius: insitivus (e.g., of a book, a will, etc.): simulatus: rictus: confictus (not natural, but produced by art; forced; e.g., lacrimae conflctae): counterfait piety, *pietas erga deum simulata: a man of counterfait piety, *pietatis erga deum simulator: one counterfait tear, una falsa lacrimula: in a counterfait manner, simulate; simulatione; per simulationem; ficte; falso; fallaciter.