_speciem alicuius rei habere_—to have the appearance of something.
_speciem alicuius rei praebere_—to give the impression of...; have the
outward aspect of...
_speciem prae se ferre_[1]—to give the impression of...; have the
outward aspect of...
_in speciem_—apparently; to look at.
_specie_ (De Amic. 13. 47)—apparently; to look at.
_per speciem (alicuius rei)_—apparently; to look at.
_per simulationem, simulatione alicuius rei_—under pretext, pretence
of...
_simulare morbum_—to pretend to be ill.
_dissimulare_[2] _morbum_—to pretend not to be ill.
_aliquis simulat aegrum_ or _se esse aegrum_—some one feigns illness.
_aliter sentire ac loqui (aliud sentire, aliud loqui)_—to think one
thing, say another; to conceal one's opinions.
_per dolum_ (B. G. 4. 13)—by craft.
_dolis et fallaciis_ (Sall. Cat. 11. 2)—by the aid of fraud and lies.
_sine fuco ac fallaciis_ (Att. 1. 1. 1)—without any disguise, frankly.
_verba dare alicui_ (Att. 15. 16)—to deceive a person, throw dust in
his eyes.
_mendacium dicere_—to tell lies.
_falsa (pro veris) dicere_—to tell lies.
_ludere, irridere, deridere aliquem_—to make sport of, rally a person.
_illudere alicui_ or _in aliquem_ (more rarely _aliquem_)—to make
sport of, rally a person.
_ludibrio esse alicui_—to serve as some one's butt.
_in ludibrium verti_ (Tac. Ann. 12. 26)—to become an object of
ridicule; to be laughed at.
_omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere_—to fool a person
thoroughly.
_per ludibrium_—in sport, mockery.
[1] _prae se ferre_ followed by Acc. and Inf. = to manifest, display,
e.g. _Romanum esse semper prae me tuli_.
[2] _simulo_ = I pretend to be what I am not, cf. ἀλαζών, a braggart;
_dissimulo_ = I pretend not to be what I am, cf. εἴρων, a mock-modest
person. _Quae non sunt simulo, quae sunt ea dissimulantur_.