similitudo
Latin
Etymology
From similis (“like, resembling, similar”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɪ.mɪ.lɪˈtuː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [si.mi.liˈt̪uː.d̪o]
Noun
similitūdō f (genitive similitūdinis); third declension
- Likeness, resemblance, similarity; imitation.
- A comparison, simile, similitude; analogy; parable.
- Sameness, uniformity, monotony.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| 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
Related terms
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
- to cite parallel cases: similitudines afferre