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|lshtext=<b>sĭmĭlis</b>: e, adj. Sanscr. samā, [[together]]; Gr. ἅμα, ομοῖος; Lat. [[simul]], simulare; cf. [[simia]],<br /><b>I</b> [[like]], resembling, [[similar]] (cf. [[par]]); constr. [[with]] gen. (so usu. in [[ante]]-Aug. Lat.), [[with]] dat. ([[rare]] in Cic., [[except]] [[with]] [[neuter]] nouns), [[with]] [[inter]], [[atque]], and absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. ([[mostly]] [[ante]] - Aug.; so [[always]] in Plaut. and Ter.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 7; [[but]] in Cic. [[almost]] [[exclusively]] of [[living]] beings; [[yet]] [[always]] veri [[simile]]; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12); of persons: similes avorum, Lucr. 4, 1218: [[nimis]] simili'st mei, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 286; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 226: ecquid mei similist ([[puer]])? id. Truc. 2, 6, 24 Speng.: [[omnis]] inveniri [[similis]] tui vis, id. Capt. 3, 4, 50 Brix: ita est [[istaec]] ([[amica]]) hujus [[similis]] nostrae tua, id. Mil. 2, 6, 39: [[alia]] ejus [[similis]], id. ib. 2, 5, 38: [[similis]] est Sagaristionis, id. Pers. 1, 1, 14: hominis [[similis]], Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; Val. Max. 9, 14, 2: symbolum ejus similem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 55: sui similem speciem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34: sui [[similis]] res, Lucr. 5, 830: [[volo]] me patris mei similem, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 53: patris similem esse. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30: non tam potuit patris [[similis]] esse, [[quam]] [[ille]] fuerat sui, id. Off. 1, 33, 121: quaererem ex eo, cujus suorum [[similis]] fuisset Africani fratris [[nepos]]; facie vel patris, vitā omnium perditorum ita [[similis]], ut esset [[facile]] deterrimus; cujus [[etiam]] [[similis]] P. Crassi [[nepos]], etc., id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81: tui [[similis]] est [[probe]], Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18: est [[similis]] majorum suorum, id. Ad. 3, 3, 57: [[haud]] [[similis]] [[virgo]] est virginum nostrarum, id. Eun. 2, 3, 22: [[haud]] parasitorum aliorum simil'est, Naev. ap. Non. 224, 26: virum non similem furis hujus, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 91: domini [[similis]] es, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 43: in magistratu privatorum similes, Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67: multi Gnathonum similes cum sint, id. Lael. 25, 94: [[plures]] Romuli [[quam]] Numae similes reges, Liv. 1, 20: ut sis tu [[similis]] Coeli Byrrhique latronum, Non ego sim Capri [[neque]] [[Sulci]], Hor. S. 1, 4, 69 et saep.: deos esse tui similes putas? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 128; so, tui, id. Rud. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 22, 39: nostri similes, id. 26, 50: sui [[similis]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 7; cf.: alterum similem sui quaerere, Cic. Lael. 22, 82: [[nihil]] est appetentius similium sui [[quam]] [[natura]], id. ib. 14, 50: [[quam]] [[uterque]] est [[similis]] sui! Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 16: tui similem esse, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 6: sui [[similis]] [[gens]], Tac. G. 4.—Of things: tam similem [[quam]] [[lacte]] lactist (i. e. [[lactis]] est, Brix ad loc.), Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85: haec [[atque]] hujus similia [[alia]] damna, id. ib. 3, 1, 105: perpulchra [[credo]] dona aut nostri similia, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 15 Umpfenb.: [[quid]] habet illius carminis [[simile]] haec [[oratio]], Cic. Rep. 1, 36, 56: si fabularum similia didicimus, id. ib.: paupertatem, ignominiam, similia horum, id. Fin. 3, 15, 51: similes meorum [[versus]], Hor. S. 2, 1, 3: [[nonne]] hoc monstri [[simile]]'st? Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 43; so, monstri, id. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 61: prodigii, Cic. Lig. 4, 11: narrationem veri similem, id. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf. Cels. ap. Cuint. 2, 15, 32: [[simile]] veri, Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1: quae similia veri sint, Liv. 5, 21 Drak. N. cr.; v. [[verus]], and cf. also in the foll.—In comparing persons [[with]] things: hominem quojus rei Similem esse arbitrarer simulacrumque habere ... Novarum aedium esse [[arbitror]] similem ego hominem, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 6 sq.: [[amator]] simil'est oppidi [[hostilis]], id. Truc. 1, 2, 68: meretricem esse similem [[sentis]] [[condecet]], id. ib. 2, 1, 16: tu pueri pausilli simili'es, Nov. ap. Non. 224, 28: equi te Esse feri similem [[dico]], Hor. S. 1, 5, 57.—Comp.: hominem hominis similiorem [[numquam]] vid: ego alterum, Neque [[aqua]] aquae, [[neque]] lac [[test]] [[lactis]] [[usquam]] similius, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 29 sq. Brix ad loc.: Rhodii Atticorum similiores, Cic. Brut. 13, 52.—Sup.: hic [[noster]] [[quaestus]] aucupii simillimu'st, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 63; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72: [[meretrix]] fortunati oppidi, id. Cist. 1, 1, 82: [[tener]] et lactens puerique simillimus aevo, Ov. M. 15, 201: simillima [[societas]] hereditatis, Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55: [[quid]] esset simillimum veri, id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. (of [[both]] persons and things; freq., and in [[post]]-Aug. writers [[almost]] [[always]]; not in Plaut. or Ter. acc. to Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 570 sq.; 579 sq.; [[but]] [[contra]], v. Ussing ad Plaut. Am. v. 595): [[simia]] [[quam]] [[similis]] nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.): patri suo, Cat. 61, 221; cf.: [[similis]] [[quidem]] (genitos) alios avo et ex geminis [[quoque]] alterum patri, alterum matri, annoque [[post]] genitum majori similem fuisse ut geminum. Quasdam sibi [[similis]] [[semper]] parere, quasdam viro, quasdam nulli, quasdam feminam patri, marem sibi, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 51: [[similis]] [[malo]] est, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 36: Terentio non similem dices quempiam, Afran. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.: [[filius]] patri [[similis]], Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12 Madv. N. cr.: [[sit]] suo [[similis]] patri, Cat. 61, 217: patri, Ov. M. 6, 622: parentibus ac majoribus suis, Quint. 5, 10, 24: [[par]] similisque ceteris, Sall. C. 14, 4: huic in hoc [[similis]], Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118: similes Icilio, Liv. 3, 65: hinnuleo, Hor. C. 1, 23, 1: [[puro]] te similem vespero petit Rhode, id. ib. 3, 19, 26: [[multum]] [[similis]] metuenti, id. S. 2, 5, 92: fluctuanti, Liv. 6, 13 Drak.: flenti, Ov. M. 3, 652: cognoscenti, id. ib. 2, 501: roganti, id. ib. 3, 240: cogitantibus et dubitantibus, Quint. 11, 2, 47: ediscenti, id. 11, 2, 46: legenti, id. 11, 2, 32 et saep.—Of things: res [[similis]] nostris rebus, Lucr. 5, 435: [[quid]] [[simile]] habet [[epistula]] aut judicio aut contioni? Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1: [[quid]] [[illi]] [[simile]] [[bello]] fuit? Caes. B. G. 7, 77: qui non Fescennino versu (i. e. versui) similem jaciebant, Liv. 7, 2 Drak. N. cr.: [[argumentum]] [[vero]] [[simile]] comoediae, Quint. 2, 4, 2; cf.: similia veris erant, Liv. 10, 20, 5: [[partim]] vera [[partim]] mixta eoque similia veris, id. 29, 20, 1; 8, 20, 5: cui [[vitio]] [[simile]] [[sit]] [[schema]], ut, etc., Quint. 9, 3, 10: [[primus]] ([[iambus]]) ad extremum [[similis]] sibi, Hor. A. P. 254: [[versus]] sibi, Quint. 9, 4, 60: [[oratio]] fuit precibus [[quam]] jurgio [[similis]], similior, Liv. 3, 40 Drak. N. cr.—Comp.: flunt omnia castris [[quam]] urbi similiora, Liv. 4, 31 fin.: similius [[vero]] facit ipsos in amicitiam redisse, id. 8, 26, 6; 10, 26, 13; Quint. 3, 8, 31.—Sup.: [[puro]] simillimus amni, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120: media simillima veris sunt, Liv. 26, 49: simillimum id [[vero]] fecit, id. 44, 30, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. and dat. [[together]]: tum similes matrum materno semine fiunt, Ut patribus patrio, Lucr. 4, 1211: [[neque]] lac lacti [[magis]] est [[simile]] [[quam]] [[ille]] ego [[similis]] est mei, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 54 Ussing ad loc.: deos hominum [[quam]] homines deorum, hoc [[illi]], illud huic, Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90: [[itaque]] plectri similem linguam nostri solent dicere, chordarum dentis, [[naris]] cornibus iis, qui, etc., id. ib. 2, 59, 149; cf. under ε.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[doubtful]] [[construction]]. On [[account]] of the form: fugae [[similis]] [[profectio]], Caes. B. G. 5, 47; 6, 7; 7, 43 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13 et saep.—Because of an [[unsettled]] [[reading]]: similem Caesaris (or Caesari), Suet. Caes. 52.—（ε) With in and acc.: in speciem Junonis, App. M. 10, p. 253 fin.—（ζ) With [[inter]]: homines [[inter]] se cum formā tum moribus similes, Cic. Clu. 16, 46; so, homines [[inter]] se (opp. differentes), Quint. 12, 10, 22: (catulos) Inter se similes, Ov. M. 13, 835: quae sunt [[inter]] se similia, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206: res [[inter]] se similes, Quint. 9, 2, 51.—In a twofold [[construction]]: [[nihil]] est unum uni tam [[simile]], tam [[par]], [[quam]] omnes [[inter]] nosmetipsos sumus, Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 29: sunt [[inter]] se similia, sed non [[etiam]] prioribus, Quint. 9, 3, 49.—（η) With [[atque]] (ac), et, ut si, [[tamquam]] si: si [[quid]] docere vis, aliquid ab [[isto]] [[simile]] in aestimatione [[atque]] a ceteris esse [[factum]], Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 193: ut simili ratione [[atque]] [[ipse]] fecerit suas injurias persequantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 38 fin.: nec similem habeat [[vultum]], et si ampullam perdidisset, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31; v. Madv. ad h. l.: similes sunt, ut si qui dicant, etc., id. Sen. 6, 17: similes sunt di, [[tamquam]] si [[Poeni]], etc., id. Div. 2, 64, 131.—（θ) Absol.: [[decet]] facta moresque hujus habere me similes, Plaut. Am 1, 1, 114: ex uno [[puteo]] similior [[numquam]] [[potis]] Aqua [[aeque]] sumi, [[quam]] haec est [[atque]] ista, id. Mil. 2, 6, 68 Brix ad loc.: ita formā simili pueri (gemini), ut, etc., id. Men. prol. 19: [[meus]] est ([[puer]]), [[nimium]] [[quidem]] simili'st, id. Truc. 2, 6, 26: laudantur simili prole puerperae, i. e. [[that]] [[look]] [[like]] [[their]] [[fathers]], Hor. C. 4, 5, 23: [[ecce]] similia omnia, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34: [[par]] est [[avaritia]], [[similis]] [[improbitas]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118; [[but]] cf., in a [[more]] restricted [[sense]]: similia omnia [[magis]] [[quam]] paria, Liv. 45, 43: ad [[quam]] (amicitiam) se [[similis]] [[animus]] applicet, Cic. Lael. 14, 48: [[sicut]] erat in simili causā [[antea]] [[factum]], id. Rep. 2, 37, 63: [[quod]] in simili culpā versabantur, Caes. B. C. 3, 110: simili ratione, id. B. G. 7, 4; id. B. C. 3, 76 al.: similem esse te [[volo]] [[quomodo]] filium, non [[quomodo]] imaginem, Sen. Ep. 84, 8: [[ecce]] aliud [[simile]], dissimile, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 76: si [[quis]] Aristotelem similem [[emit]], a [[likeness]] of [[Aristotle]], Juv. 2, 6; cf.: [[tabella]], in quā tam similem videbis Issam, ut [[sit]] tam [[similis]] sibi nec ipsa, Mart. 1, 109, 19 sq.; 7, 87, 4: te similem, [[your]] [[likeness]], Stat. S. 3, 3, 201; 5, 1, 1.—Poet., adverb. (=[[similiter]]): [[similis]] medios Juturna per hostīs Fertur, Verg. A. 12, 477.—Comp.: similiorem mulierem Magisque eandem non [[reor]] deos facere posse, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 48: [[nihil]] hoc [[simile]] est similius, id. Am. 1, 1, 290. —Sup.: simillimos dicito esse, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91.—Hence, subst.: sĭmĭle, is, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[comparison]], [[likeness]], [[parallel]] [[case]], or [[example]]: quo facilius res perspici possit hoc [[simile]] ponitur, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54: utuntur simili, id. ib. 3, 14, 46: nec improbum [[sit]] pro simili accipi, [[quod]] [[plus]] [[sit]], Quint. 7, 1, 61: qui memoriam ab [[aliquo]] simili transferunt ad id, [[quod]], etc., id. 11, 2, 30 et saep.: ignavi et erepti et similia, id. 1, 5, 69; 1, 6, 2; 2, 4, 26; 3, 5, 16 et saep.; cf.: [[latitatio]], [[metus]], similia, id. 7, 2, 46: de philosophiā, de republicā, similibus, id. 9, 4, 19; 11, 3, 153.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Resemblance, [[simile]] et majus est et [[par]] et [[minus]], Quint. 7, 8, 7.— Adv. in [[two]] forms, [[simulter]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].) and [[similiter]] ([[class]].). *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> sĭmulter, in [[like]] [[manner]], [[similarly]]: exossabo ego illum [[simulter]] [[itidem]] ut muraenam coquos, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 148 (cited ap. Non. 170, 25: [[simulter]] pro [[similiter]]); v. Ritschl ad Plaut. 1. 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> sĭmĭlĭter, in [[like]] [[manner]], [[similarly]] (syn. [[pariter]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol. (so [[most]] freq.): ecquid adsimulo [[similiter]]? Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 37: [[similiter]] [[atque]] uno [[modo]], Cic. Brut. 66, 233: [[illa]] quae [[similiter]] desinunt aut quae cadunt [[similiter]], id. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Tusc. 4, 11, 25: si non [[similiter]] [[semper]] ingrediamur in argumentationem, id. Inv. 1, 41, 76: addunt [[etiam]] C. [[Marium]] ... Similiter vos, cum, etc., id. Ac. 2, 5, 14: quorum non [[similiter]] [[fides]] est nec justitia laudata, id. Rep. 2, 36, 61 et saep.—Comp.: scurram [[multo]] similius imitatum, [[more]] [[perfectly]] or [[naturally]], Phaedr. 5, 5, 34.—Sup.: ut, etc. ... simillime, etc., [[just]] so, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[atque]] (ac), et, ut si: [[neque]] [[vero]] illum [[similiter]], [[atque]] [[ipse]] eram, commotum esse vidi, Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 9; id. Ac. 2, 23, 72; Quint. 3, 7, 26: [[similiter]] facis, ac si me roges, [[cur]], etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 8: [[similiter]] facere eos ... ut si nautae certarent, etc., id. Off. 1, 25, 87: [[similiter]] facit ut si posse putet, id. Tusc. 4, 18, 41: [[similiter]] et si dicat, etc., id. Fin. 2, 7, 21; v. Madv. ad h. l.—Sup.: hic excipit Pompeium, simillime [[atque]] ut illā lege Glaucippus excipitur, Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13.— *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: [[similiter]] his, etc., Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.

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