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 Nœvius), 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.