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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1763.similis, simile on page 1763
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similis similar
similis is a Latin Adjective that primarily means similar.
Definitions for similis
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
+gen. or dat., similar (to), like, resembling
English derivatives:
similarly simile assimilate. dissimilar dissimilarity simulate dissimulate verisimilitude assemble resemble simultaneous same
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Similar, like: (a) (w. gen.). (b) (w. dat.). (c) (w. comparison expr. through advs., etc.).
- 2
(in similes, etc., often w. quasi-advl. force) Like.
- 3
ueri ~is Resembling the truth, likely, reasonable, plausible; also ueri ~is.
- 4
monstri ~is (and sim), Miraculous, incredible
- 5
~is sui, Constant, unchanged; also ~is sibi.
Sentences with similis
Latin to English
Nōlī esse similis istī tyrannō dūrō.Compare Do not be like that harsh tyrant.
Mors est similis somnō.Compare Death is similar to sleep
Cum sitis similes paresque vita, uxor pessima, pessimus maritus, miror non bene convenire vobis.Compare Seeing that you are like one another, and a pair in your habits, vilest of wives, vilest of husbands, I wonder you don't agree!
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.
Nec nolo quisquam ego similis evado civis.Compare Nor are we unwilling that any citizen should turn out like ourselves.
Nominibus mollire licet mala, fusca vocetur nigrior Illyrica cui pice sanguis erit. Si Paeta est, Veneri similis. Si flava, Minervae, sit gracilis macie quae male viva sua est. dic habilem quaecumque brevis; quae turgida, plenam; et lateat vitium proximitate boni.Compare With names you soften shortcomings; let her be called swarthy whose blood is blacker than Illyrian pitch; if cross-eyed, she is like Venus; yellow haired, like Minerva; call her slender whose thinness impairs her health; if short, call her trim; if stout, of full body; let its nearness to a virtue conceal a fault.
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): 1763.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "similis, simile (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/similis-simile.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 181.similis, simile on page 181
