LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dissimulātiō

dissimulātiō f (genitive dissimulātiōnis)
Classical[dɪs.sɪ.mʊˈɫaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[dis.si.muˈlat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a dissembling, concealing, disguising, dissimulation

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedissimulātiōdissimulātiōnēs
genitivedissimulātiōnisdissimulātiōnum
dativedissimulātiōnīdissimulātiōnibus
accusativedissimulātiōnemdissimulātiōnēs
ablativedissimulātiōnedissimulātiōnibus
vocativedissimulātiōdissimulātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

dissimulatio (Off. 1. 30. 108)
irony.

dissĭmŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a dissembling, concealing, disguising, dissimulation (good prose).
A. In gen., Cic. Off. 3, 15; id. de Or. 2, 67; Quint. 6, 3, 85; Tac. A. 11, 26: veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus, id. ib. 13, 25; id. H. 4, 18; id. A. 6, 18 fin.—
B. In partic., the Socratic εἰρωνεία, Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 15; Quint. 9, 1, 29; but too restricted for that idea, acc. to Quint. 9, 2, 44.—
II. A disregarding, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—
B. In late Lat., negligence, carelessness, Veg. Vet. 6 prooem. § 1; so ib. § 3; id. Mil. 1, 18.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dissimulātiō From dissimulō (“dissemble, conceal”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandissimulació
  • Englishdissimulation
  • Frenchdissimulation
  • Italiandissimulazione
  • Occitandissimulacion
  • Portuguesedissimulação
  • Spanishdisimulación
  • Galiciandisimulación

In English words that came into English from dissimulātiō

  • dissimulationdissimulātiō

Quick answers

What does dissimulātiō mean in Latin?
dissimulātiō, a noun, means “a dissembling, concealing, disguising, dissimulation”.
What is the genitive of dissimulātiō?
The genitive singular is dissimulātiōnis. dissimulātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dissimulātiō?
In classical Latin, [dɪs.sɪ.mʊˈɫaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [dis.si.muˈlat.t͡si.o].