Latin

Noun

similitūdō f ‎(genitive similitūdinis); third declension

1. Likeness, resemblance, similarity; imitation.
2. A comparison, simile, similitude; analogy; parable.
3. Sameness, uniformity, monotony.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (comparison): aequiparantia, collātiō, comparātiō, parabola
• (likeness, similitude): assimulātiō, instar, simulācrum

Antonyms

• (likeness, resemblance): dissimilitūdō

Derived terms

• vērīsimilitūdō

Related terms

Descendants

• English: similitude
• French: similitude
• Italian: 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “similitudo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cite parallel cases: similitudines afferre