con-sĭmĭlis, e,
I adj., similar in all respects, entirely similar, like (class.; most freq. in Plaut., Ter., and Lucr.; not in Hor.); constr. with gen., dat., atque, quasi , or absol.
α With gen.: liber captivus avis ferae consimilis est, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 7; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 193 P. (Com. Rel. v. 397 Rib.); Lucr. 5, 811; 5, 711; Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149.—
β With dat.: cui homini erus est consimilis, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 2; Ter. Heaut. 382; Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28; Caes. B. G. 2, 11.—
γ With atque or et : tam consimili'st atque ego, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 287; so id. Bacch. 3, 3, 50; Fronto , Or. 1; and with et , Lucr. 3, 8; and que , id. 4, 231.—*
δ With quasi : quia consimile est quom stertas quasi sorbeas, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 8.—
ε Absol. (so most freq.): imago, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 4: ludus, Ter. Eun. 586: consilia, id. Heaut. 209: via, Afran. ap. Non. p. 316, 9 (Com. Rel. v. 135 Rib.): pars, Lucr. 2, 1018: res, id. 4, 89: color, id. 2, 736: natura, id. 1, 916: ratio, id. 1, 842; 1, 884; 1, 1097 et saep.: ratione mentis, id. 2, 676: carmen, Ov. P. 3, 7, 3: studio, * Tac. A. 3, 13: pariter cadentia et consimilia irascentem, etc., * Quint. 9, 3, 102.—
ζ In a doubtful constr.: fecerunt, ut consimilis fugae profectio videretur, Caes. B. G. 2, 11: quojus mos maxumest consimilis vostrum, hi, etc., Ter. Heaut. 393.—As subst.: con-sĭmĭlĭa , ium, n.; only in the phrase et consimilia, after enumerations, and the like, and similar things : saga, tunicae, paenulae et consimilia, Dig. 34, 2, 23, § 2; Quint. 9, 3, 102.—Adv.: consĭmĭlĭter , very similarly, in like manner (post-class.): consimiliter Cicero verbo isto utitur, Gell. 6, 16, 12; 11, 5, 8.— Comp. and sup. not in use either in adj. or adv.