similis
EsperantoEdit
VerbEdit
similis
- past of simili
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *semalis, from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὁμαλός (homalós), Welsh hafal.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mi.lis/, [ˈs̠ɪmɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mi.lis/, [ˈsiːmilis]
AdjectiveEdit
similis (neuter simile, comparative similior, superlative simillimus, adverb similiter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- similar
- Synonym: aequālis
- Antonyms: dissimilis, absimilis, inaequālis
- (takes a dative object) similar to, like, resembling
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | similis | simile | similēs | similia | |
Genitive | similis | similium | |||
Dative | similī | similibus | |||
Accusative | similem | simile | similēs similīs |
similia | |
Ablative | similī | similibus | |||
Vocative | similis | simile | similēs | similia |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “similis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “similis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- similis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be probable: veri simile esse
- to employ a comparison, simile: simili uti
- to use the same simile, illustration: ut in eodem simili verser
- to be probable: veri simile esse
- “similis”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sĭmĭlis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 628