like (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. sĭmĭlis, e (foll. by dat. or gen. or absol.)2. gĕmĭnus (lit. twin brother3. pār, păris (matching)4. in comp. and superl.5. instar, indecl. neut. subs. (esp., but not always of comparison with some great object) • like (adj.): 1. sĭmĭlis, e (foll. by dat. or gen. or absol.): Ter.: Cic.: Liv. Prov.: as l. as two peas, non ovum tam s. ovo, Quint. 5, 11, 30: in sim. sense, lac lacti [non] magis est simile quam ille s. est mihi, Pl. Am. 2, 1, 57. Join: par similisque, Sall. Cat. 14. Comps. (1). assimilis (rare): Cic. N. D. 2., 55, init.: Ov. (2). consimilis (stronger than similis: every way l.): usu. with dat., Pl. Poen. 4, 2, 2: Cic.: also with gen., Cic. de Or. 1, 33, init. (causa cons. causarum earum...). (3). persimilis (very like): Cic. 2. gĕmĭnus (lit. twin brother: hence, closely resembling, like twins): foll. by dat., Cic. in Pis. 7, 16 (geminum consiliis Catilinae). Join: geminus et simillimus, Cic. Verr. 3, 66, extr. 3. pār, păris (matching): v. equal (I., 3). Phr.: to return l. for l., par (pro) pari referre, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55; paria paribus respondere, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 19. 4. in comp. and superl.: prŏpior, proxĭmus: with dat.: more l. wickedness than religion., sceleri propius quam religioni, Cic. Verr. 4, 50., 112: with acc., Sall. Cat. 11, init. (vitium propius virtutem, a fault that "leaned to virtue's side"): esp. in superl.: fictions as much l. reality as possible, ficta veris proxima, cf. Hor. A. P. 338: Cic. 5. instar, indecl. neut. subs. (esp., but not always of comparison with some great object): a horse l. (huge as) a mountain, i. montis equus, Virg.: as it were l. the soul in the body, tanquam animi i. in corpore, Cic. Or. 14, 44: so, to show almost l. a point, quasi puncti i. obtinere, id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40. Phr.: to be l., *ad alicujus rei similitudinem accedere; sometimes., referre (v. to resemble): to make a thing l. something else, aliquid ad alicujus rei similitudinem efficere, Caes. B. C. 3, 48: in l. manner, similiter, Cic.: v. foll. art.