similitudo

Latin

Etymology

From similis (“like, resembling, similar”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /si.mi.liˈtuː.doː/, [s̠ɪmɪlʲɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.mi.liˈtu.do/, [similiˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

similitūdō f (genitive similitūdinis); third declension

1. Likeness, resemblance, similarity; imitation.
2. A comparison, simile, similitude; analogy; parable.
3. Sameness, uniformity, monotony.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	similitūdō	similitūdinēs
Genitive	similitūdinis	similitūdinum
Dative	similitūdinī	similitūdinibus
Accusative	similitūdinem	similitūdinēs
Ablative	similitūdine	similitūdinibus
Vocative	similitūdō	similitūdinēs

Synonyms

• (comparison): aequiparantia, collātiō, comparātiō, parabola
• (likeness, similitude): assimulātiō, instar, simulācrum

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “likeness, resemblance”): dissimilitūdō

Derived terms

• vērīsimilitūdō

Related terms

Related terms

• similigenus
• similis
• similitās
• similiter
• simulācrum
• simulāmen
• simulāmentum
• simulāns
• simulanter
• simulātē
• simulātilis
• simulātiō
• simulātor
• simulātrīx
• simulō
• simulter

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: semelduẽ
• → English: similitude
• → French: similitude
• → Italian: similitudine
• → Romanian: similitudine
• → Spanish: similitud

References

• “similitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “similitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• similitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• similitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cite parallel cases: similitudines afferre