akin (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Related by bloodII. Closely connected or resembling1. cognātus2. fīnĭtĭmus • akin (adj.): I. Related by blood: consanguĭnĕus: v. related. II. Closely connected or resembling: 1. cognātus: nothing is so a. to our minds as rhythm and words, nihil est tam c. mentibus nostris quam numeri atque voces, Cic.: words a. to things, vocabula rebus c., Hor. 2. fīnĭtĭmus: boldness is a. to confidence, audacia fidentiae f. est, Cic. This word is sometimes joined with prŏpinquus and vīcīnus; the two words being perhaps equivalent to our phrase "near akin:" emotions near a. to these mental disturbances, motus finitimi et propinqui his animi perturbationibus, Cic.: knowledge of logic is near a. to eloquence, dialecticorum scientia vicina et finitima est eloquentiae, Cic.: v. related, connected.