as -sĭmĭlis (ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Rib.; ass-, Merk.), e, adj.,
I 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.