similis – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: similis
Hyphenation:

Declension: Third

Nominative

Singular masc.	similis
Singular fem.	similis
Singular neut.	simile
Plural masc.	similēs
Plural fem.	similēs
Plural neut.	similia

Genitive

Singular masc.	similis
Singular fem.	similis
Singular neut.	similis
Plural masc.	similium
Plural fem.	similium
Plural neut.	similium

Dative

Singular masc.	similī
Singular fem.	similī
Singular neut.	similī
Plural masc.	similibus
Plural fem.	similibus
Plural neut.	similibus

Accusative

Singular masc.	similem
Singular fem.	similem
Singular neut.	simile
Plural masc.	similīs; similēs
Plural fem.	similīs; similēs
Plural neut.	similia

Ablative

Singular masc.	similī
Singular fem.	similī
Singular neut.	similī
Plural masc.	similibus
Plural fem.	similibus
Plural neut.	similibus

Vocative

Singular masc.	similis
Singular fem.	similis
Singular neut.	simile
Plural masc.	similēs
Plural fem.	similēs
Plural neut.	similia

Comparison

Comparative	similior
Superlative	simillimus

Sample Sentences

Est similis mâiōrum suom.
He's like his own ancestors.
(Example with the genitive mâiōrum.) [160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 411]
Similī senātūs cōnsultō, C. Mariō et L. Valeriō cōnsulibus est permissa rēs pūblica [...]. (By a similar decree of the Senate, the republic was entrusted to the consuls Gaius Marius and Lucius Valerius.) [63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.4]
[...] hinc tōtō praeceps sē corpore ad undās
mīsit, avī similis, quae circum lītora, circum (… then, with his whole body, [Mercury] hurled himself headlong toward the waves, like a seabird, which rounds the shorelines, [and] around the fish-filled crags it flies low near the water.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.253–255]

Adjectives inflected like similis

similis, difficilis, vērī̆similis, dissimilis, humilis, facilis, gracilis,

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *semalis, from Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-, from *sem- (“together, one”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὁμαλός (homalós, “even, level”), Welsh hafal (“equal”).

Verbs referencing "similis"

English Adjectives similar, Catalan Adjectives semblant, Catalan Adjectives símil, French Adjectives similaire, Spanish Adjectives semejante, Italian Adjectives somigliante, Portuguese Adjectives semelhante, Galician Adjectives semellante, German Adjectives similär, Asturian Adjectives semeyante.