simul

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of simultaneous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪməl/

Noun

simul (plural simuls)

1. (gaming) An exhibition in which one (typically much stronger) player plays several games at the same time against different opponents.
   • 1969, Anthony Glyn, The Dragon Variation, page 96:

     We're not just starting with Round 1. We're kicking off with a simul. Four simuls to be exact.

   • 1985, Daryl Lane, William Vernon, David Carson, The Sound of Wonder, page 80:

     He could have organized a simul with a rat without blinking an eye.

   • 2003, J.C. Hallman, The Chess Artist, page 275:

     I saw Glenn wrapping up his speech, and told Baynes to come back that evening for the simul.

Anagrams

• limus, mulis

Hungarian

Etymology

sima (“smooth”) +‎ -ul (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃimul]
• Hyphenation: si‧mul
• Rhymes: -ul

Verb

simul

1. (intransitive, of a surface, material) to become smooth
2. (intransitive, of clothing, hair, skin) to fit something tight
3. (intransitive) to snuggle up, cuddle up, to cling (to someone: -hoz/-hez/-höz)
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to conform, accommodate, adapt to, fit in somewhere

Conjugation

Conjugation of simul

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	simulok	simulsz	simul	simulunk	simultok	simulnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	simultam	simultál	simult	simultunk	simultatok	simultak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. simulni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	simulék	simulál	simula	simulánk	simulátok	simulának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. simul vala, simult vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	simulandok	simulandasz	simuland	simulandunk	simulandotok	simulandanak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	simulnék	simulnál	simulna	simulnánk	simulnátok	simulnának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. simult volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	simuljak	simulj or simuljál	simuljon	simuljunk	simuljatok	simuljanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. simult légyen
infinitive	simulni		simulnom	simulnod	simulnia	simulnunk	simulnotok	simulniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	simulás		simuló	simult	―	simulva (simulván)

Potential conjugation of simul

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	simulhatok	simulhatsz	simulhat	simulhatunk	simulhattok	simulhatnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	simulhattam	simulhattál	simulhatott	simulhattunk	simulhattatok	simulhattak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	simulhaték	simulhatál	simulhata	simulhatánk	simulhatátok	simulhatának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. simulhat vala, simulhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	simulhatandok or simulandhatok	simulhatandasz or simulandhatsz	simulhatand or simulandhat	simulhatandunk or simulandhatunk	simulhatandotok or simulandhattok	simulhatandanak or simulandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	simulhatnék	simulhatnál	simulhatna	simulhatnánk	simulhatnátok	simulhatnának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. simulhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	simulhassak	simulhass or simulhassál	simulhasson	simulhassunk	simulhassatok	simulhassanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. simulhatott légyen
infinitive	(simulhatni)		(simulhatnom)	(simulhatnod)	(simulhatnia)	(simulhatnunk)	(simulhatnotok)	(simulhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(simulhatva / simulhatván)

Derived terms

• simulás
• simulékony

(With verbal prefixes):

• belesimul
• elsimul
• hozzásimul
• idesimul
• kisimul
• lesimul
• odasimul
• összesimul
• rásimul
• szétsimul

Related terms

• simít

Further reading

• simul in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Latin

Etymology

Old Latin neuter of similis (with u before l pinguis, i.e. [ɫ]).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mul/, [ˈs̠ɪmʊɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mul/, [ˈsiːmul]

Adverb

simul (not comparable)

1. at the same time; simultaneously
2. (as simul … simul) and at the same time; and also; both … and (at once); together; not only ... but at the same time
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.513–514:

     Obstipuit simul ipse simul perculsus Achātēs
     laetitiāque metūque

     Not only [Aeneas] himself was astounded, but at the same time Achates had been struck with both joy and fear.
     (or, more concisely:)
     [Aeneas] and Achates both were astonished, stricken with joy and fear.

3. together
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.403–404:

     natā simul, moritūra simul, simul īte sub undās corpora!

     Born together, about to die together, together [your] bodies go beneath the waves!
     (Twin babes Romulus and Remus are abandoned along the banks of the Tiber.)

4. as soon as

Derived terms

• simultās
• simultāneus (Medieval Latin)

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quīvis, quīlibet	quisque	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs, uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubivīs, ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs, quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs, quālibet	quāque		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Descendants

Descendants

• ⇒ Latin: simultim
  • Medieval Latin: simultaneus
    • → Catalan: simultani
    • → English: simultaneous
    • → French: simultané
    • → Galician: simultáneo
    • → German: simultan
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic script: симултан

        Latin script: simultan

    • → Italian: simultaneo
    • → Portuguese: simultâneo
    • → Romanian: simultan
    • → Spanish: simultáneo
• ⇒ Latin: īnsimul, in simul
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: inseme
    • Italian: insieme ( < Vulgar Latin: *īnsemel)
    • Sicilian: nzemi
    • Sicilian: nzèmula (Vulgar Latin: *īnsimul ac)
  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Old Lombard: ensenbre
        • Lombard: nsem, ensem, ensema
      • Piedmontese: nsem, ansem, nsema, ansema
    • Venetan: insembre
      • →? Istriot: insembro
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: ensemble
      • French: ensemble
        • → Dutch: ensemble
        • → English: ensemble
        • → German: Ensemble
        • → Norwegian: ensemble
        • → Portuguese: ensemble
        • → Spanish: ensemble
        • → Swedish: ensemble
      • Norman: ensemblle (Guernsey), ensembl'ye (Jersey)
      • → Galician: ensembra (archaic)
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: ensems
    • Occitan: ensem, ensèm, ensems, ensemble
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: ensemble

References

• “simul”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• simul in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• simul in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

simul f (genitive simlar)

1. (poetic) a hag, witch

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “simul”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive