ostensibly Copy link Outline 1. spĕcie, per spĕciem2. sĭmŭlātiōne, per simulationem (with gen. depending on it) • ostensibly: 1. spĕcie, per spĕciem: cf. Cic. Am. 13, 47, where specie is opp. to reapse; and Liv. 35, 31, where it is opp. to re vera (ostensibly ... but in reality): so, per speciem, with gen. of ger. (ostensibly for the purpose of), Liv. 39, 35, med. 2. sĭmŭlātiōne, per simulationem (with gen. depending on it): gladiators hired o. for Faustus, gladiatores empti Fausti simulatione, Cic. Sull. 19, 54: Caes.
OSTENSIBLY Copy link • OSTENSIBLYsimulate; per simulationem; per speciem; e.g., venandi (ostensively for the purpose of hunting).