resemblance Copy link Outline 1. sĭmĭlĭtūdo2. vĭcīnĭtas or vĭcīnia (near likeness)3. instar, indecl. neut. subs. (poet. in this sense)4. assĭmŭlātio5. cognātio • resemblance: 1. sĭmĭlĭtūdo: a striking r., insignis s., Liv. 39, 53, ad init.: a perfect r., indiscreta s., Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88: to bear some r. and likeness to the wise, s. quandam speciemque sapientium gerere, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 16: a kind of government which bears the nearest r. to monarchy, genus imperii proximum similitudini regiae, id. Rep. 2, 31. 2. vĭcīnĭtas or vĭcīnia (near likeness): these vices are excused on account of their r. to virtues, excusantur haec vitia vicinitate virtutum, Quint. 1, 5, 5: Plin. 3. instar, indecl. neut. subs. (poet. in this sense): what a strong r. there is in him! quantum i. in ipso, Virg. Aen. 6, 865: Cic. 4. assĭmŭlātio: a marvellous r., prodigiosa a., Plin. 11, 49, 109. 5. cognātio: v. relationship. Phr.: a form that bears some r., aliqua non dissimilis figura, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23: what r. is there between a letter and an harangue? quid simile habet epistola contioni? id. Fam. 9, 21, 1: swiftness borders on fear, but slowness bears a closer r. to courage, velocitas juxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est, Tac. G. 30, extr.