likeness Copy link Outline I. The being likeII. Image1. effĭgies, ēi2. ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f.3. perh. instar, neut. indecl. • likeness: I. The being like: sĭmĭlĭtūdo: v. resemblance. II. Image: 1. effĭgies, ēi: an image in the l. of a human being, simulacrum ef. humanâ, Tac. H. 2, 3, extr.: Cic. 2. ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f.: to represent the l. of a man, hominis i. exprimere, Plin. 35, 12, 44: in the l. of God, ad i. Dei, Vulg. Gen. i. 27. 3. perh. instar, neut. indecl.: in the l. of a camp, ad i. castrorum, Just. 36, 3: v. like, adj. (5). See also image, portrait. Phr.: gods arrayed in the l. of men, dii induti specie humana, Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 63.