consimilis Latin · revision 32151

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *smh₂-el-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kõːˈsɪ.mɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [konˈsiː.mi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsimilis''' (neuter cōnsimile, adverb cōnsimiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|similis|t2=like]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The TLL compares an Irish adjective of the same formation meaning equal or similar.^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|similis]] to [[itc-pro|*semali-|t=alike, together]] and [[ine-pro|*smh₂-el-i-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|samail|t=similar, like]] and [[grc|ὁμαλός|tr=homalós|t=equal, level]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Captivi'' says that a free man taken captive is just like a wild bird.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means similar in all respects, like, and is used with the genitive, the dative, ''[[atque]]'' or ''[[quasi]]''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is commonest in Plautus, Terence and Lucretius and absent from Horace, and the TLL that among later authors only Lucretius and Valerius Maximus use it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) The neuter plural is used as a noun, similar things, as Quintilian's balanced and similar clauses and Ulpian's “cloaks, tunics, mantles, coverlets and similar things”.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it like, similar.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a captive like a wild bird.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of similar clauses.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Similar in all respects, [[m|en|like]], alike.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(neuter plural as noun)'' Similar things.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[similis]]

+ * [[simul]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}