assimilis

Latin > English

assimilis assimilis, assimile ADJ :: similar, like; close; closely resembling, very like

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

as -sĭmĭlis: (ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Rib.; ass-, Merk.), e, adj.,
I similar, like (cf. ad, D. 4.); constr. with gen., dat. with quasi, or absol. (rare; mostly poet. and in post - Aug. prose; once in Cic.).
   a With gen.: quicquam adsimile hujus Quasi tu numquam facti feceris, Plaut. Merc. 5, 3, 1: latuscula adsimili lateris flexurā praedita nostri, Lucr. 4, 336 Lachm.: assimilis sui, Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 27.—
   b With dat.: silex cadenti imminet adsimilis, Verg. A. 6, 603: fratribus, Ov. P. 2, 2, 85: raritas adsimilis spongiis, * Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136: aeri-adsimilis capillus, Suet. Ner. 1; so id. Galb. 18; id. Vesp. 7.—
   c With quasi: Nam hoc adsimile est quasi de fluvio qui aquam derivat sibi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 12.—
   d Absol.: Inde sequetur, Adsimili ratione alias ut postulet ordo, Lucr. 2, 493, and 4, 425.—* Adv.: assĭ-mĭlĭter (ads-), in like manner: adsimiliter mi hodie optigit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 27.

Latin > German (Georges)

assimilis (ad-similis), e, an- od. hinähnelnd = in der Ähnlichkeit nahe kommend, ziemlich ähnlich, ziemlich vergleichbar (vgl. προςόμοιος), assimili ratione, Lucr. 2, 493; 4, 423. – m. Genet., assimilis lateris nostri flexura, Lucr. 4, 310: alqm assimilem sui assuetudine longā facere, Ov. trist. 1, 6, 27: quasi tu numquam quicquam adsimile huius facti feceris, Plaut. merc. 957. – m. Dat., forma eius assimilis illi, Cato fr.: assimilis spongiis mollitudo, Cic.: aeri assimilis capillus, Suet.: assimilis fratribus, Ov. – m. quasi, hoc assimilest quasi etc., das ist gerade, wie wenn usw., Plaut. truc. 563. – subst., assimile, is, n. = παρόμοιον (s. paromoeon), Auct. carm. de fig. 127 (p. 68 H.).