dissĭmŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [dissimulo],
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 ( Luc. ), 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.