Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 556.dissimilis on page 556
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dissimilis different
dissimilis is a Latin Adjective that primarily means different.
Definitions for dissimilis
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
unlike, different
English derivatives:
dissimilar dissimilarity dissemble
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
(a) compar. ~ior, superl. ~limus [DIS-+SIMILIS) Unlike, different. (b) (neut. as sb.) that which is unlike.
Sentences with dissimilis
Latin to English
Hic frater geminus sum, homo inter sui quum forma tum mos similis, municeps autem suus dissimilis.Compare They were twin brothers, men like each other in character as well as in person, but most unlike their fellow-townsmen.
Labor voluptasque. dissimilis natura, societas quidam inter se naturalis sum innexus. Compare Toil and pleasure, things most unlike in their nature, are connected by a certain natural bond.
Hic non solum proximus rex dissimilis, sed ferox etiam quam Romulus sum.Compare He was not only unlike the last king, but was more warlike even than Romulus.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 181.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 556.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "dissimilis, dissimile (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/dissimilis-dissimile.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 181.dissimilis, dissimile on page 181
