like (adv.) Copy link Outline 1. sĭmĭlĭter (in like manner2. rītu (abl. of ritus = according to the usual manner of3. instar (esp. when comparison is made with any large object)4. vĭcem, ad vĭcem, vĭce (= as if taking the place of5. ceu (esp. in similes) • like (adv.): 1. sĭmĭlĭter (in like manner: to be used with care): rarely foll. by dat.: they breed l. them and die l. them, s. his pariunt s.que pereunt, Plin. 11, 25, 30: oftener foll. by ut, atque (ac): cf. Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87, similiter facere eos ... ut si nautae certarent ..., they acted l. sailors, who should quarrel...: comp. id. N. D. 3, 3, fin., similiter facis ac si me roges.... 2. rītu (abl. of ritus = according to the usual manner of: with gen.): l. brutes they refer everything to enjoyment, pecudum r. omnia ad voluptatem referunt, Cic. Am. 9, 32: to sweep along l. a stream, fluminis r. ferri, Hor. Od. 3, 29., 34: Petr. So mŏdo: l. slaves, servorum modo, Liv. 39, 26, med.: l. a human being, humano m., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3., 9. Join: more modoque, Hor. Od. 4, 2, 27. 3. instar (esp. when comparison is made with any large object): the fences afforded shelter l. a wall, i. muri sepes munimenti praebebant, Caes. B. G. 2, 17: also ad instar, Just. 36, 3: Flor. 4. vĭcem, ad vĭcem, vĭce (= as if taking the place of: with gen.): to die in one's bed l. a Sardanapalus, Sardanapali vicem in lectulo mori, Cic. Att. 10, 8: Sall. fr.: to be tossed about l. sea-weed, algae vice jactari, Plin. 9, 45, 68: ad vicem, Gell. 5. ceu (esp. in similes): l. fire through pine-wood, ceu flamma per taedas (sc. equitat), Hor. Od. 4, 4, 43: Virg.: l. a criminal, ceu noxii solent, Suet. Vitell. 17. So are used sicut, veluti: v. as. Phr.: you act l. yourself, facis ut te decet, Ter. Andr. 2, 5, 10; facis nunc ut te facere aequum, Pl. Mil. 4, 2., 79.