assimilis

as-sĭmĭlis ( ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Rib.; ass-, Merk.), e, adj., similar, like (cf. ad, D. 4.); constr. with gen., dat. with quasi, or absol. (rare; mostly poet. and in post - Aug. prose; once in Cic.).

a.

With gen.:

quicquam adsimile hujus Quasi tu numquam facti feceris,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 3, 1:

latuscula adsimili lateris flexurā praedita nostri,

Lucr. 4, 336 Lachm.:

assimilis sui,

Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 27.—

b.

With dat.:

silex cadenti imminet adsimilis,

Verg. A. 6, 603:

fratribus,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 85: raritas adsimilis spongiis, * Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

aeri-adsimilis capillus,

Suet. Ner. 1; so id. Galb. 18; id. Vesp. 7.—

c.

With quasi: Nam hoc adsimile est quasi de fluvio qui aquam derivat sibi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 12.—

d.

Absol.:

Inde sequetur, Adsimili ratione alias ut postulet ordo,

Lucr. 2, 493, and 4, 425.—

* Adv.: assĭ-mĭlĭter ( ads- ), in like manner:

adsimiliter mi hodie optigit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 27.