dissimulator
English
Etymology
From Latin dissimulātor, from dissimulāre (“to conceal, to pretend, to neglect”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from dissimilis (“unlike”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Equivalent to dissimulate + -or.
Noun
dissimulator (plural dissimulators)
- One who dissimulates.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From dissimulō (“dissemble, conceal”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɪs.sɪ.mʊˈɫaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪is.si.muˈlaː.t̪or]
Noun
dissimulātor m (genitive dissimulātōris); third declension
- a dissembler, faker, concealer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dissimulātor | dissimulātōrēs |
| genitive | dissimulātōris | dissimulātōrum |
| dative | dissimulātōrī | dissimulātōribus |
| accusative | dissimulātōrem | dissimulātōrēs |
| ablative | dissimulātōre | dissimulātōribus |
| vocative | dissimulātor | dissimulātōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- French: dissimulateur
- Italian: dissimulatore
- Portuguese: dissimulador
- Spanish: disimulador
References
- “dissimulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dissimulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dissimulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.