similis or similitudo
1similitude — [ similityd ] n. f. • 1225; lat. similitudo 1 ♦ Relation unissant deux choses exactement semblables. ⇒ analogie, ressemblance. Similitude de goûts entre deux personnes. « Entre Faust et la Tentation il y a similitude d origines » (Valéry). ⇒… …
2TALIO — femin. Plinio, ex talis, quasi talis retributio: Tale enim patimur, quale fecimus. Unde Lex Talionis, Lex paris vindictae, vel similitudo vindictae, Isidor. Poena reciproci, l. 11. Cod. de exhib. reis, aut similitudo supplicii, Honor. et Theodos …
3SALAMANDRA — stellioni similis, aut species eius, Hebr. letaa, si Syro Interpreti credimus, et qui hunc seqnuntur Pagnino, Ariae, Iunio, Castalioni. Sed Bochartus hôc nomine significari lacertae eam speciem, quam Arabes wachra vel wachara vocant, docte probat …
4Similitude — Si*mil i*tude, n. [F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See {Similar}.] 1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Let us make now man… …
5similitude — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, allegory, analogy, from Latin similitudo resemblance, from similis Date: 14th century 1. a. counterpart, double b. a visible likeness ; image 2. an imaginative comparison ; simile …
6Affe — Seinem Affen Zucker geben: ausgelassen lustig sein, im Rausch lustig sein, sich in Komik überbieten, seiner Neigung nachgehen, seiner Eitelkeit frönen. Bei der Redensart ist zunächst an den Affen in Zoologischen Gärten zu denken, der besonders… …
7similitudine — /simili tudine/ s.f. [dal lat. similitudo dĭnis, der. di simĭlis simile ]. 1. (ant., lett.) [l essere similare] ▶◀ e ◀▶ [➨ similarità]. 2. (crit.) [figura retorica che consiste nel paragonare tra loro concetti, immagini e sim., sulla base della… …
8similitude — late 14c., from O.Fr. similitude, from L. similitudinem (nom. similitudo) likeness, from similis like (see SIMILAR (Cf. similar)) …
9similitude — [sɪ mɪlɪtju:d] noun 1》 the quality or state of being similar. 2》 archaic a comparison between two things. 3》 archaic a person or thing resembling another. Origin ME: from OFr., from L. similitudo, from similis like …
10similitude — si•mil•i•tude [[t]sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, ˌtyud[/t]] n. 1) likeness; resemblance 2) a person or thing that is like or the counterpart of another 3) semblance; image 4) lit. a likening or comparison; a simile, parable, or allegory • Etymology: 1325–75; ME… …
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