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sĭmĭlĭtūdo , ĭnis, f. similis.
I. In gen., likeness, resemblance, similitude (class.).
(α). With gen.: “id ex similitudine floris lilium appellabant,” Caes. B. G. 7, 73: “id ad similitudinem panis efficiebant,” id. B. C. 3, 48; cf.: “umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,” Tac. G. 23: “armorum,” Caes. B. G. 7, 50: “coronae,” Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 28: “similitudo speciesque sapientium,” id. Off. 3, 4, 16: “studiorum societas similitudoque,” id. Phil. 7, 2, 6: artis imago et similitudo. id. de Or. 2, 87, 356: similitudo servitutis, id. Rep. 1, 27, 43: “domini,” id. ib. 3, 34, 46; cf. id. ib. 1, 28, 44: “regum,” id. ib. 1, 41, 64: “quorum (virorum),” id. Tusc. 1, 46, 110: “amoris humani,” id. Lael. 21, 81: “quae (gloria) habet speciem honestatis et similitudinem,” id. Fin. 5, 24, 69: “si cupis in te conparebit similitudo,” Sen. Ep. 84, 8: “exemplum deorum hominisve similitudinis expressae,” Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38.—
(β). Absol.: “nec vero ille artifex (Phidias), cum faceret Jovis formam aut Minervae, contemplabatur aliquem, e quo similitudinem duceret,” Cic. Or. 2, 9: “quam intuens ad illius similitudinem artem et manum dirigebat,” id. ib.; so of a likeness in a portrait or image: “nemo, quamvis paratos habeat colores, similitudinem reddet,” Sen. Ep. 71, 2; Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38; 35, 10, 36, § 88; and in the plur., id. 35, 12, 43, § 151: “nihil est, quod ad se rem ullam tam alliciat, quam ad amicitiam similitudo,” Cic. Lael. 14, 50; id. de Or. 2, 23, 96; “so of mind or character: est igitur homini cum deo similitudo,” id. Leg. 1, 8, 25: “est nonnulla in his etiam inter ipsos similitudo,” id. Brut. 16, 63: “ad similitudinem deo propius accedebat humana virtus quam, etc.,” comes nearer in likeness, bears a nearer resemblance, id. N. D. 1, 34, 96: “hanc similitudinem qui imitatione adsequi volet,” id. de Or. 2, 23, 96: “genus imperii proximum similitudini regiae,” bearing a very close resemblance to the royal power, id. Rep. 2, 32, 56: “contrahit celeriter similitudo eos,” Liv. 1, 46, 7.—Plur.: “ut omittam similitudines,” Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62: “sunt quaedam animi similitudines cum corpore,” id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: “per rationem similitudines conparare,” id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—
II. Transf.
A. Imitation: “esse multos qui neminem imitentur, et suāpte naturā, quod velint, sine cujusquam similitudine consequantur,” Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 98.—
B. Analogy, application to similar cases: “deduxisti totam hanc rem in duo genera solum causarum, cetera innumerabilia exercitationi et similitudini reliquisti,” Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
C. Sameness, uniformity, monotony: variare autem orationem magno opere oportebit; “nam omnibus in rebus similitudo est satietatis mater,” Cic. Inv. 1, 41, 76.—
D. In partic., rhetor. t. t., a comparison, simile, similitude: “similitudo est oratio traducens ad rem quampiam aliquid ex re dispari simile,” Auct. Her. 4, 45, 59; Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 168; id. Top. 10, 41: “argumentorum et similitudinum copia,” id. Brut. 38, 143 fin.; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2; 8, 3, 72 et saep.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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