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.
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.
DISGUISE Copy link • DISGUISE 1. v. To conceal by an unusual habit, alicui alium vestitum dare (after Nep., Dat., 9, 3): to disguise one’s self, mutare vestem (Cic., Planc., 41, 98; Velleius, 2, 41, 2); habitum suum permutare (Justinus, 2, 7, 19; in which passage it is said of Codrus,” permutato regis habitu ... castra hostium ingreditur”): to disguise one’s self in men’s clothes, virilem vestem induere (Justinus); pro femina puerum simulare: sexum mentiri (Justinus, 1, 2, 2, and 4, speaking of Semiramis): to disguise one’s self in a shepherd’s dress, pastoralem cultum induere (Velleius, 1, 2, 2, speaking of Codrus; “deposita veste regia, pastoralem cultum induit”): disguised, veste mutata; permutato habitu: disguised as a soldier, or in a soldier’s dress, ornatu militari: to disguise a person, *aliena veste occultare aliquem: to disguise one’s face, caput velare (if with a veil): *larvam sibi accommodare or aptare. [Vid: also, MASK.] To hide by a counterfeit appearance, occultare et dissimulare aliquid (e.g., appetitum voluptatis): dissimulare et occultare aliquid (both Cic.; Vid: To CLOKE): to disguise one’s opinion or sentiments, sententiam celare; one’s anger, iram; one’s grief, vexation, hatred, etc., aegritudinem animi, odium, etc., dissimulare. To disfigure, Vid: To deform by liquor, (colloquially) temulentum facere; vino onerare. Disguised in liquor, bene potus: temulentus: vino gravis. 2. s. A counterfeit habit, vestis mutata: in disguise, veste mutata; permutato habitu. [Vid: To DISGUISE.] Saint Croix came to Paris in disguise, *Sanctocrucius mutato vestitu habituque Lutetiam Parisiorum pervenit. A false appearance, species (general term for the external looks of anything): imago, simulacrum (the picture, as it were, of anything; the assumed look of anything): species quaedam alicujus rei assimulata (e.g., virtutis): aliena persona (an assumed character): to betray anybody under the disguise of friendship, aliquem per simulationem amicitiae prodere: to conceal great ability under the disguise of stupidity, summam prudentiam simulatione stultitiae tegere: to throw off a disguise, personam deponere (PROP. and IMPROP.); simulationem deponere (IMPROP.): then Appius threw off his disguise, ille finis Appio alienae personae ferendae (Liv., 3, 36): to strip anybody of his disguise, alicui personam demere; alicujus capiti personam detrahere (PROP. and IMPROP.); alicui or rei personam demere et reddere faciem suam (IMPROP.; Vid: Sen., Ep., 24, 12). Vid: MASK.