similitudo

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Latin

Etymology

From similis (like, resembling, similar) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

Noun

similitūdō f (genitive similitūdinis); third declension

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

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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