similitudo
Latin
Etymology
From similis (“like, resembling, similar”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /si.mi.liˈtuː.doː/, [s̠ɪmɪlʲɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /si.mi.liˈtu.do/, [similiˈt̪uːd̪o]
Noun
similitūdō f (genitive similitūdinis); third declension
- Likeness, resemblance, similarity; imitation.
- A comparison, simile, similitude; analogy; parable.
- 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
- (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
- → 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to cite parallel cases: similitudines afferre
- to cite parallel cases: similitudines afferre