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Webster 1913 Edition
Simia
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Sim′i-a
,Noun.
[L., an ape; cf.
simus
flatnosed, snub-nosed, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].] (Zool.)
A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang.
Definition 2024
simia
simia
See also: símia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsiː.mi.a/
Noun
sīmia f (genitive sīmiae); first declension
- an ape, monkey
- (pejorative, of a person) monkey
- an imitator
Usage notes
Occasionally used as a masculine noun, especially the pejorative sense.
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sīmia | sīmiae |
| genitive | sīmiae | sīmiārum |
| dative | sīmiae | sīmiīs |
| accusative | sīmiam | sīmiās |
| ablative | sīmiā | sīmiīs |
| vocative | sīmia | sīmiae |
Sometimes: First declension, dative/ablative plural in -ābus.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sīmia | sīmiae |
| genitive | sīmiae | sīmiārum |
| dative | sīmiae | sīmiābus |
| accusative | sīmiam | sīmiās |
| ablative | sīmiā | sīmiābus |
| vocative | sīmia | sīmiae |
Descendants
- Catalan: ximia
- English: simian
- Italian: scimmia
- Romansch: schimgia, schemia, schemgia, schiemgia
- Spanish: jimia
References
- simia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- simia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “simia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.