personatus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

persōnātus, a, um, adj. [persona].

I Lit., provided with or wearing a mask , masked : Roscius, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221: pater, i. e. the father in the play , Hor. S. 1, 4, 56: personata fabula (* the name of a play of Naevius ), v. Fest. p. 217 Müll.; Sen. Ep. 24; Suet. Ner. 21.—

II Trop., assumed , pretended , counterfeited , fictitious : personatus ambulare, in an assumed character , Cic. Att. 15, 1, 4: personata felicitas, Sen. Ep. 80, 8: personati fastus, affected , Mart. 11, 2, 3.

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