insimulo

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ simulō (“copy, represent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.mu.loː/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪmʊɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.mu.lo/, [inˈsiːmulo]

Verb

īnsimulō (present infinitive īnsimulāre, perfect active īnsimulāvī, supine īnsimulātum); first conjugation

1. to accuse, blame, charge

   Synonyms: accūsō, incūsō

Usage notes

Unlike some other verbs with a similar meaning, īnsimulō implies that the accusation is plausible, although not necessarily true.

Generally takes accusative of person accused, and genitive of charge.

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnsimulō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsimulō	īnsimulās	īnsimulat	īnsimulāmus	īnsimulātis	īnsimulant
	imperfect	īnsimulābam	īnsimulābās	īnsimulābat	īnsimulābāmus	īnsimulābātis	īnsimulābant
	future	īnsimulābō	īnsimulābis	īnsimulābit	īnsimulābimus	īnsimulābitis	īnsimulābunt
	perfect	īnsimulāvī	īnsimulāvistī	īnsimulāvit	īnsimulāvimus	īnsimulāvistis	īnsimulāvērunt, īnsimulāvēre
	pluperfect	īnsimulāveram	īnsimulāverās	īnsimulāverat	īnsimulāverāmus	īnsimulāverātis	īnsimulāverant
	future perfect	īnsimulāverō	īnsimulāveris	īnsimulāverit	īnsimulāverimus	īnsimulāveritis	īnsimulāverint
passive	present	īnsimulor	īnsimulāris, īnsimulāre	īnsimulātur	īnsimulāmur	īnsimulāminī	īnsimulantur
	imperfect	īnsimulābar	īnsimulābāris, īnsimulābāre	īnsimulābātur	īnsimulābāmur	īnsimulābāminī	īnsimulābantur
	future	īnsimulābor	īnsimulāberis, īnsimulābere	īnsimulābitur	īnsimulābimur	īnsimulābiminī	īnsimulābuntur
	perfect	īnsimulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnsimulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnsimulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsimulem	īnsimulēs	īnsimulet	īnsimulēmus	īnsimulētis	īnsimulent
	imperfect	īnsimulārem	īnsimulārēs	īnsimulāret	īnsimulārēmus	īnsimulārētis	īnsimulārent
	perfect	īnsimulāverim	īnsimulāverīs	īnsimulāverit	īnsimulāverīmus	īnsimulāverītis	īnsimulāverint
	pluperfect	īnsimulāvissem	īnsimulāvissēs	īnsimulāvisset	īnsimulāvissēmus	īnsimulāvissētis	īnsimulāvissent
passive	present	īnsimuler	īnsimulēris, īnsimulēre	īnsimulētur	īnsimulēmur	īnsimulēminī	īnsimulentur
	imperfect	īnsimulārer	īnsimulārēris, īnsimulārēre	īnsimulārētur	īnsimulārēmur	īnsimulārēminī	īnsimulārentur
	perfect	īnsimulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnsimulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnsimulā	—	—	īnsimulāte	—
	future	—	īnsimulātō	īnsimulātō	—	īnsimulātōte	īnsimulantō
passive	present	—	īnsimulāre	—	—	īnsimulāminī	—
	future	—	īnsimulātor	īnsimulātor	—	—	īnsimulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnsimulāre	īnsimulāvisse	īnsimulātūrum esse	īnsimulārī	īnsimulātum esse	īnsimulātum īrī
participles		īnsimulāns	—	īnsimulātūrus	—	īnsimulātus	īnsimulandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnsimulandī	īnsimulandō	īnsimulandum	īnsimulandō	īnsimulātum	īnsimulātū

Synonyms

• (accuse): accūsō, incūsō

Derived terms

• īnsimulātiō
• īnsimulātor
• īnsimulātus

Related terms

• simulō

References

• “insimulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insimulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• insimulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.