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“disguise” in Latin
Iūstīnusa male given name, feminine equivalent Iūstīna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos) or English Justin; Justispeciēsseeing, view, look; spectacle, sight; external appearance, looks; general outline or shapeimāgōimage, imitation, likeness, statue, representation; ancestral image; ghost, apparitionsimulācrumimage, likeness, statue, effigy, portrait; specter, ghost, phantom; mimicry, imitationvirtūsmanhood, manliness, virility; courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry; virtue, goodness
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disguise 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.
disguise 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.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disguise?
- The usual Latin words for “disguise” are Iūstīnus, speciēs, imāgō; also simulācrum, virtūs. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.