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símil

  • 1 símil

    adj.
    similar, like, alike.
    m.
    1 simile, resemblance, similitude.
    2 comparison, parallel.
    * * *
    1 (parecido) similar
    1 (comparación) comparison
    2 (semejanza) resemblance, similarity
    3 LITERATURA simile
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    1.
    2. SM
    1) (=comparación) comparison
    2) (Literat) simile
    * * *
    a) ( comparación) comparison

    establecer or hacer un símil — to draw o make a comparison

    b) (Lit) simile
    * * *
    = analogue, simile.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.
    * * *
    a) ( comparación) comparison

    establecer or hacer un símil — to draw o make a comparison

    b) (Lit) simile
    * * *
    = analogue, simile.

    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.

    Ex: He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.

    * * *
    1 (comparación) comparison
    establecer or hacer un símil to draw o make a comparison
    2 ( Lit) simile
    3
    (imitación): símil cuero imitation leather
    símil piel fake o synthetic fur
    * * *

    símil sustantivo masculino

    b) (Lit) simile

    símil
    I adjetivo similar
    II sustantivo masculino simile
    ' símil' also found in these entries:
    English:
    simile
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    símil nm
    1. [paralelismo] similarity, resemblance;
    establecer un símil to draw a comparison
    2. Lit simile
    3. [material] símil piel artificial leather
    * * *
    m comparison; figura retórica simile
    * * *
    símil nm
    1) : simile
    2) : analogy, comparison
    * * *
    símil n simile

    Spanish-English dictionary > símil

  • 2 símil

    • alike
    • resemblance
    • similar
    • simile
    • similitude

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > símil

  • 3 similmente avv

    [simil'mente]

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > similmente avv

  • 4 similpelle sf

    [simil'pɛlle]

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > similpelle sf

  • 5 similaire

    similaire [similεʀ]
    adjective
    similar (à to)
    * * *
    similɛʀ
    adjectif similar (à to)
    * * *
    similɛʀ adj
    * * *
    similaire adj similar (à to).
    [similɛr] adjectif

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > similaire

  • 6 similpelle

    "imitation leather;
    Kunstleder;
    pano-couro"
    * * *
    similpelle s.m. imitation leather.
    * * *
    [simil'pɛlle]
    sostantivo femminile invariabile imitation leather, leatherette
    * * *
    similpelle
    /simil'pεlle/
    f.inv.
    imitation leather, leatherette.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > similpelle

  • 7 simile

    sĭmĭlis, e, adj. [Sanscr. samā, together; Gr. hama, omoios; Lat. simul, simulare; cf. simia], like, resembling, similar (cf. par); constr. with gen. (so usu. in ante-Aug. Lat.), with dat. (rare in Cic., except with neuter nouns), with inter, atque, and absol.
    (α).
    With gen. (mostly ante - Aug.; so always in Plaut. and Ter.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 7; but in Cic. almost exclusively of living beings; yet always veri simile; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12);

    of persons: similes avorum,

    Lucr. 4, 1218:

    nimis simili'st mei,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 286; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 226:

    ecquid mei similist (puer)?

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 24 Speng.:

    omnis inveniri similis tui vis,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 50 Brix:

    ita est istaec (amica) hujus similis nostrae tua,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 39:

    alia ejus similis,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 38:

    similis est Sagaristionis,

    id. Pers. 1, 1, 14:

    hominis similis,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; Val. Max. 9, 14, 2:

    symbolum ejus similem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 55:

    sui similem speciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:

    sui similis res,

    Lucr. 5, 830:

    volo me patris mei similem,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 53: patris similem esse. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30:

    non tam potuit patris similis esse, quam ille fuerat sui,

    id. Off. 1, 33, 121: quaererem ex eo, cujus suorum similis fuisset Africani fratris nepos; facie vel patris, vitā omnium perditorum ita similis, ut esset facile deterrimus;

    cujus etiam similis P. Crassi nepos, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    tui similis est probe,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18:

    est similis majorum suorum,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 57:

    haud similis virgo est virginum nostrarum,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 22: haud parasitorum aliorum simil'est, Naev. ap. Non. 224, 26:

    virum non similem furis hujus,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 91:

    domini similis es,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 43:

    in magistratu privatorum similes,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

    multi Gnathonum similes cum sint,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    plures Romuli quam Numae similes reges,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    ut sis tu similis Coeli Byrrhique latronum, Non ego sim Capri neque Sulci,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 69 et saep.:

    deos esse tui similes putas?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 128; so,

    tui,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 22, 39:

    nostri similes,

    id. 26, 50:

    sui similis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

    alterum similem sui quaerere,

    Cic. Lael. 22, 82:

    nihil est appetentius similium sui quam natura,

    id. ib. 14, 50:

    quam uterque est similis sui!

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 16:

    tui similem esse,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 6:

    sui similis gens,

    Tac. G. 4.—Of things:

    tam similem quam lacte lactist (i. e. lactis est, Brix ad loc.),

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

    haec atque hujus similia alia damna,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 105:

    perpulchra credo dona aut nostri similia,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 15 Umpfenb.:

    quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 36, 56:

    si fabularum similia didicimus,

    id. ib.:

    paupertatem, ignominiam, similia horum,

    id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

    similes meorum versus,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 3:

    nonne hoc monstri simile'st?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 43; so,

    monstri,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 61:

    prodigii,

    Cic. Lig. 4, 11:

    narrationem veri similem,

    id. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf.

    Cels. ap. Cuint. 2, 15, 32: simile veri,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

    quae similia veri sint,

    Liv. 5, 21 Drak. N. cr.; v. verus, and cf. also in the foll.—In comparing persons with things:

    hominem quojus rei Similem esse arbitrarer simulacrumque habere... Novarum aedium esse arbitror similem ego hominem,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 6 sq.:

    amator simil'est oppidi hostilis,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 68:

    meretricem esse similem sentis condecet,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 16: tu pueri pausilli simili'es, Nov. ap. Non. 224, 28:

    equi te Esse feri similem dico,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 57.— Comp.: hominem hominis similiorem numquam vid: ego alterum, Neque aqua aquae, neque lac [p. 1701] test lactis usquam similius, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 29 sq. Brix ad loc.:

    Rhodii Atticorum similiores,

    Cic. Brut. 13, 52.— Sup.:

    hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimu'st,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 63; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72:

    meretrix fortunati oppidi,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 82:

    tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo,

    Ov. M. 15, 201:

    simillima societas hereditatis,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

    quid esset simillimum veri,

    id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11.—
    (β).
    With dat. (of both persons and things; freq., and in post-Aug. writers almost always; not in Plaut. or Ter. acc. to Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 570 sq.; 579 sq.; but contra, v. Ussing ad Plaut. Am. v. 595): simia quam similis nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.):

    patri suo,

    Cat. 61, 221; cf.:

    similis quidem (genitos) alios avo et ex geminis quoque alterum patri, alterum matri, annoque post genitum majori similem fuisse ut geminum. Quasdam sibi similis semper parere, quasdam viro, quasdam nulli, quasdam feminam patri, marem sibi,

    Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 51:

    similis malo est,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 36: Terentio non similem dices quempiam, Afran. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.:

    filius patri similis,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12 Madv. N. cr.:

    sit suo similis patri,

    Cat. 61, 217:

    patri,

    Ov. M. 6, 622:

    parentibus ac majoribus suis,

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    par similisque ceteris,

    Sall. C. 14, 4:

    huic in hoc similis,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

    similes Icilio,

    Liv. 3, 65:

    hinnuleo,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 1:

    puro te similem vespero petit Rhode,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

    multum similis metuenti,

    id. S. 2, 5, 92:

    fluctuanti,

    Liv. 6, 13 Drak.:

    flenti,

    Ov. M. 3, 652:

    cognoscenti,

    id. ib. 2, 501:

    roganti,

    id. ib. 3, 240:

    cogitantibus et dubitantibus,

    Quint. 11, 2, 47:

    ediscenti,

    id. 11, 2, 46:

    legenti,

    id. 11, 2, 32 et saep.—Of things:

    res similis nostris rebus,

    Lucr. 5, 435:

    quid simile habet epistula aut judicio aut contioni?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

    quid illi simile bello fuit?

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    qui non Fescennino versu (i. e. versui) similem jaciebant,

    Liv. 7, 2 Drak. N. cr.:

    argumentum vero simile comoediae,

    Quint. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

    similia veris erant,

    Liv. 10, 20, 5:

    partim vera partim mixta eoque similia veris,

    id. 29, 20, 1; 8, 20, 5:

    cui vitio simile sit schema, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10:

    primus (iambus) ad extremum similis sibi,

    Hor. A. P. 254:

    versus sibi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 60:

    oratio fuit precibus quam jurgio similis, similior,

    Liv. 3, 40 Drak. N. cr.—Comp.:

    flunt omnia castris quam urbi similiora,

    Liv. 4, 31 fin.:

    similius vero facit ipsos in amicitiam redisse,

    id. 8, 26, 6; 10, 26, 13; Quint. 3, 8, 31.— Sup.:

    puro simillimus amni,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

    media simillima veris sunt,

    Liv. 26, 49:

    simillimum id vero fecit,

    id. 44, 30, 4.—
    (γ).
    With gen. and dat. together:

    tum similes matrum materno semine fiunt, Ut patribus patrio,

    Lucr. 4, 1211:

    neque lac lacti magis est simile quam ille ego similis est mei,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 54 Ussing ad loc.:

    deos hominum quam homines deorum, hoc illi, illud huic,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

    itaque plectri similem linguam nostri solent dicere, chordarum dentis, naris cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 149; cf. under e.—
    (δ).
    In a doubtful construction. On account of the form:

    fugae similis profectio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 47; 6, 7; 7, 43 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13 et saep.—Because of an unsettled reading:

    similem Caesaris (or Caesari),

    Suet. Caes. 52.—
    (ε).
    With in and acc.:

    in speciem Junonis,

    App. M. 10, p. 253 fin. —
    (ζ).
    With inter:

    homines inter se cum formā tum moribus similes,

    Cic. Clu. 16, 46; so,

    homines inter se (opp. differentes),

    Quint. 12, 10, 22:

    (catulos) Inter se similes,

    Ov. M. 13, 835:

    quae sunt inter se similia,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206:

    res inter se similes,

    Quint. 9, 2, 51.—In a twofold construction:

    nihil est unum uni tam simile, tam par, quam omnes inter nosmetipsos sumus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    sunt inter se similia, sed non etiam prioribus,

    Quint. 9, 3, 49.—
    (η).
    With atque ( ac), et, ut si, tamquam si:

    si quid docere vis, aliquid ab isto simile in aestimatione atque a ceteris esse factum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 193:

    ut simili ratione atque ipse fecerit suas injurias persequantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 38 fin.:

    nec similem habeat vultum, et si ampullam perdidisset,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31;

    v. Madv. ad h. l.: similes sunt, ut si qui dicant, etc.,

    id. Sen. 6, 17:

    similes sunt di, tamquam si Poeni, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 64, 131.—
    (θ).
    Absol.:

    decet facta moresque hujus habere me similes,

    Plaut. Am 1, 1, 114:

    ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aeque sumi, quam haec est atque ista,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 68 Brix ad loc.:

    ita formā simili pueri (gemini), ut, etc.,

    id. Men. prol. 19:

    meus est (puer), nimium quidem simili'st,

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 26:

    laudantur simili prole puerperae,

    i. e. that look like their fathers, Hor. C. 4, 5, 23:

    ecce similia omnia,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34:

    par est avaritia, similis improbitas,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118;

    but cf., in a more restricted sense: similia omnia magis quam paria,

    Liv. 45, 43:

    ad quam (amicitiam) se similis animus applicet,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

    sicut erat in simili causā antea factum,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    quod in simili culpā versabantur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    simili ratione,

    id. B. G. 7, 4; id. B. C. 3, 76 al.:

    similem esse te volo quomodo filium, non quomodo imaginem,

    Sen. Ep. 84, 8:

    ecce aliud simile, dissimile,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 76:

    si quis Aristotelem similem emit,

    a likeness of Aristotle, Juv. 2, 6; cf.:

    tabella, in quā tam similem videbis Issam, ut sit tam similis sibi nec ipsa,

    Mart. 1, 109, 19 sq.; 7, 87, 4:

    te similem,

    your likeness, Stat. S. 3, 3, 201; 5, 1, 1.— Poet., adverb. (=similiter):

    similis medios Juturna per hostīs Fertur,

    Verg. A. 12, 477.— Comp.:

    similiorem mulierem Magisque eandem non reor deos facere posse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 48:

    nihil hoc simile est similius,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 290. — Sup.:

    simillimos dicito esse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91.—Hence, subst.: sĭmĭle, is, n.
    1.
    A comparison, likeness, parallel case, or example:

    quo facilius res perspici possit hoc simile ponitur,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

    utuntur simili,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 46:

    nec improbum sit pro simili accipi, quod plus sit,

    Quint. 7, 1, 61:

    qui memoriam ab aliquo simili transferunt ad id, quod, etc.,

    id. 11, 2, 30 et saep.:

    ignavi et erepti et similia,

    id. 1, 5, 69; 1, 6, 2; 2, 4, 26; 3, 5, 16 et saep.; cf.:

    latitatio, metus, similia,

    id. 7, 2, 46:

    de philosophiā, de republicā, similibus,

    id. 9, 4, 19; 11, 3, 153.—
    2.
    Resemblance, simile et majus est et par et minus, Quint. 7, 8, 7.— Adv. in two forms, simulter (ante-class.) and similiter (class.).
    * a.
    sĭmulter, in like manner, similarly:

    exossabo ego illum simulter itidem ut muraenam coquos,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 148 (cited ap. Non. 170, 25: simulter pro similiter); v. Ritschl ad Plaut. 1. 1.—
    b. (α).
    Absol. (so most freq.):

    ecquid adsimulo similiter?

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 37:

    similiter atque uno modo,

    Cic. Brut. 66, 233:

    illa quae similiter desinunt aut quae cadunt similiter,

    id. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Tusc. 4, 11, 25:

    si non similiter semper ingrediamur in argumentationem,

    id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

    addunt etiam C. Marium... Similiter vos, cum, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

    quorum non similiter fides est nec justitia laudata,

    id. Rep. 2, 36, 61 et saep.— Comp.: scurram multo similius imitatum, more perfectly or naturally, Phaedr. 5, 5, 34.— Sup.:

    ut, etc.... simillime, etc.,

    just so, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—
    (β).
    With atque ( ac), et, ut si:

    neque vero illum similiter, atque ipse eram, commotum esse vidi,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 9; id. Ac. 2, 23, 72; Quint. 3, 7, 26:

    similiter facis, ac si me roges, cur, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

    similiter facere eos... ut si nautae certarent, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 87:

    similiter facit ut si posse putet,

    id. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

    similiter et si dicat, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 21; v. Madv. ad h. l.— Sup.:

    hic excipit Pompeium, simillime atque ut illā lege Glaucippus excipitur,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13.—
    * (γ).
    With dat.:

    similiter his, etc.,

    Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > simile

  • 8 similis

    sĭmĭlis, e, adj. [Sanscr. samā, together; Gr. hama, omoios; Lat. simul, simulare; cf. simia], like, resembling, similar (cf. par); constr. with gen. (so usu. in ante-Aug. Lat.), with dat. (rare in Cic., except with neuter nouns), with inter, atque, and absol.
    (α).
    With gen. (mostly ante - Aug.; so always in Plaut. and Ter.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 7; but in Cic. almost exclusively of living beings; yet always veri simile; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12);

    of persons: similes avorum,

    Lucr. 4, 1218:

    nimis simili'st mei,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 286; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 226:

    ecquid mei similist (puer)?

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 24 Speng.:

    omnis inveniri similis tui vis,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 50 Brix:

    ita est istaec (amica) hujus similis nostrae tua,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 39:

    alia ejus similis,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 38:

    similis est Sagaristionis,

    id. Pers. 1, 1, 14:

    hominis similis,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; Val. Max. 9, 14, 2:

    symbolum ejus similem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 55:

    sui similem speciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:

    sui similis res,

    Lucr. 5, 830:

    volo me patris mei similem,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 53: patris similem esse. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30:

    non tam potuit patris similis esse, quam ille fuerat sui,

    id. Off. 1, 33, 121: quaererem ex eo, cujus suorum similis fuisset Africani fratris nepos; facie vel patris, vitā omnium perditorum ita similis, ut esset facile deterrimus;

    cujus etiam similis P. Crassi nepos, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    tui similis est probe,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18:

    est similis majorum suorum,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 57:

    haud similis virgo est virginum nostrarum,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 22: haud parasitorum aliorum simil'est, Naev. ap. Non. 224, 26:

    virum non similem furis hujus,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 91:

    domini similis es,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 43:

    in magistratu privatorum similes,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

    multi Gnathonum similes cum sint,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    plures Romuli quam Numae similes reges,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    ut sis tu similis Coeli Byrrhique latronum, Non ego sim Capri neque Sulci,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 69 et saep.:

    deos esse tui similes putas?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 128; so,

    tui,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 22, 39:

    nostri similes,

    id. 26, 50:

    sui similis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

    alterum similem sui quaerere,

    Cic. Lael. 22, 82:

    nihil est appetentius similium sui quam natura,

    id. ib. 14, 50:

    quam uterque est similis sui!

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 16:

    tui similem esse,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 6:

    sui similis gens,

    Tac. G. 4.—Of things:

    tam similem quam lacte lactist (i. e. lactis est, Brix ad loc.),

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

    haec atque hujus similia alia damna,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 105:

    perpulchra credo dona aut nostri similia,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 15 Umpfenb.:

    quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 36, 56:

    si fabularum similia didicimus,

    id. ib.:

    paupertatem, ignominiam, similia horum,

    id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

    similes meorum versus,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 3:

    nonne hoc monstri simile'st?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 43; so,

    monstri,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 61:

    prodigii,

    Cic. Lig. 4, 11:

    narrationem veri similem,

    id. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf.

    Cels. ap. Cuint. 2, 15, 32: simile veri,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

    quae similia veri sint,

    Liv. 5, 21 Drak. N. cr.; v. verus, and cf. also in the foll.—In comparing persons with things:

    hominem quojus rei Similem esse arbitrarer simulacrumque habere... Novarum aedium esse arbitror similem ego hominem,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 6 sq.:

    amator simil'est oppidi hostilis,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 68:

    meretricem esse similem sentis condecet,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 16: tu pueri pausilli simili'es, Nov. ap. Non. 224, 28:

    equi te Esse feri similem dico,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 57.— Comp.: hominem hominis similiorem numquam vid: ego alterum, Neque aqua aquae, neque lac [p. 1701] test lactis usquam similius, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 29 sq. Brix ad loc.:

    Rhodii Atticorum similiores,

    Cic. Brut. 13, 52.— Sup.:

    hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimu'st,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 63; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72:

    meretrix fortunati oppidi,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 82:

    tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo,

    Ov. M. 15, 201:

    simillima societas hereditatis,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

    quid esset simillimum veri,

    id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11.—
    (β).
    With dat. (of both persons and things; freq., and in post-Aug. writers almost always; not in Plaut. or Ter. acc. to Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 570 sq.; 579 sq.; but contra, v. Ussing ad Plaut. Am. v. 595): simia quam similis nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.):

    patri suo,

    Cat. 61, 221; cf.:

    similis quidem (genitos) alios avo et ex geminis quoque alterum patri, alterum matri, annoque post genitum majori similem fuisse ut geminum. Quasdam sibi similis semper parere, quasdam viro, quasdam nulli, quasdam feminam patri, marem sibi,

    Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 51:

    similis malo est,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 36: Terentio non similem dices quempiam, Afran. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.:

    filius patri similis,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12 Madv. N. cr.:

    sit suo similis patri,

    Cat. 61, 217:

    patri,

    Ov. M. 6, 622:

    parentibus ac majoribus suis,

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    par similisque ceteris,

    Sall. C. 14, 4:

    huic in hoc similis,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

    similes Icilio,

    Liv. 3, 65:

    hinnuleo,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 1:

    puro te similem vespero petit Rhode,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

    multum similis metuenti,

    id. S. 2, 5, 92:

    fluctuanti,

    Liv. 6, 13 Drak.:

    flenti,

    Ov. M. 3, 652:

    cognoscenti,

    id. ib. 2, 501:

    roganti,

    id. ib. 3, 240:

    cogitantibus et dubitantibus,

    Quint. 11, 2, 47:

    ediscenti,

    id. 11, 2, 46:

    legenti,

    id. 11, 2, 32 et saep.—Of things:

    res similis nostris rebus,

    Lucr. 5, 435:

    quid simile habet epistula aut judicio aut contioni?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

    quid illi simile bello fuit?

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    qui non Fescennino versu (i. e. versui) similem jaciebant,

    Liv. 7, 2 Drak. N. cr.:

    argumentum vero simile comoediae,

    Quint. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

    similia veris erant,

    Liv. 10, 20, 5:

    partim vera partim mixta eoque similia veris,

    id. 29, 20, 1; 8, 20, 5:

    cui vitio simile sit schema, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10:

    primus (iambus) ad extremum similis sibi,

    Hor. A. P. 254:

    versus sibi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 60:

    oratio fuit precibus quam jurgio similis, similior,

    Liv. 3, 40 Drak. N. cr.—Comp.:

    flunt omnia castris quam urbi similiora,

    Liv. 4, 31 fin.:

    similius vero facit ipsos in amicitiam redisse,

    id. 8, 26, 6; 10, 26, 13; Quint. 3, 8, 31.— Sup.:

    puro simillimus amni,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

    media simillima veris sunt,

    Liv. 26, 49:

    simillimum id vero fecit,

    id. 44, 30, 4.—
    (γ).
    With gen. and dat. together:

    tum similes matrum materno semine fiunt, Ut patribus patrio,

    Lucr. 4, 1211:

    neque lac lacti magis est simile quam ille ego similis est mei,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 54 Ussing ad loc.:

    deos hominum quam homines deorum, hoc illi, illud huic,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

    itaque plectri similem linguam nostri solent dicere, chordarum dentis, naris cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 149; cf. under e.—
    (δ).
    In a doubtful construction. On account of the form:

    fugae similis profectio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 47; 6, 7; 7, 43 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13 et saep.—Because of an unsettled reading:

    similem Caesaris (or Caesari),

    Suet. Caes. 52.—
    (ε).
    With in and acc.:

    in speciem Junonis,

    App. M. 10, p. 253 fin. —
    (ζ).
    With inter:

    homines inter se cum formā tum moribus similes,

    Cic. Clu. 16, 46; so,

    homines inter se (opp. differentes),

    Quint. 12, 10, 22:

    (catulos) Inter se similes,

    Ov. M. 13, 835:

    quae sunt inter se similia,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206:

    res inter se similes,

    Quint. 9, 2, 51.—In a twofold construction:

    nihil est unum uni tam simile, tam par, quam omnes inter nosmetipsos sumus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    sunt inter se similia, sed non etiam prioribus,

    Quint. 9, 3, 49.—
    (η).
    With atque ( ac), et, ut si, tamquam si:

    si quid docere vis, aliquid ab isto simile in aestimatione atque a ceteris esse factum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 193:

    ut simili ratione atque ipse fecerit suas injurias persequantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 38 fin.:

    nec similem habeat vultum, et si ampullam perdidisset,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31;

    v. Madv. ad h. l.: similes sunt, ut si qui dicant, etc.,

    id. Sen. 6, 17:

    similes sunt di, tamquam si Poeni, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 64, 131.—
    (θ).
    Absol.:

    decet facta moresque hujus habere me similes,

    Plaut. Am 1, 1, 114:

    ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aeque sumi, quam haec est atque ista,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 68 Brix ad loc.:

    ita formā simili pueri (gemini), ut, etc.,

    id. Men. prol. 19:

    meus est (puer), nimium quidem simili'st,

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 26:

    laudantur simili prole puerperae,

    i. e. that look like their fathers, Hor. C. 4, 5, 23:

    ecce similia omnia,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34:

    par est avaritia, similis improbitas,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118;

    but cf., in a more restricted sense: similia omnia magis quam paria,

    Liv. 45, 43:

    ad quam (amicitiam) se similis animus applicet,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

    sicut erat in simili causā antea factum,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    quod in simili culpā versabantur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    simili ratione,

    id. B. G. 7, 4; id. B. C. 3, 76 al.:

    similem esse te volo quomodo filium, non quomodo imaginem,

    Sen. Ep. 84, 8:

    ecce aliud simile, dissimile,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 76:

    si quis Aristotelem similem emit,

    a likeness of Aristotle, Juv. 2, 6; cf.:

    tabella, in quā tam similem videbis Issam, ut sit tam similis sibi nec ipsa,

    Mart. 1, 109, 19 sq.; 7, 87, 4:

    te similem,

    your likeness, Stat. S. 3, 3, 201; 5, 1, 1.— Poet., adverb. (=similiter):

    similis medios Juturna per hostīs Fertur,

    Verg. A. 12, 477.— Comp.:

    similiorem mulierem Magisque eandem non reor deos facere posse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 48:

    nihil hoc simile est similius,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 290. — Sup.:

    simillimos dicito esse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91.—Hence, subst.: sĭmĭle, is, n.
    1.
    A comparison, likeness, parallel case, or example:

    quo facilius res perspici possit hoc simile ponitur,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

    utuntur simili,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 46:

    nec improbum sit pro simili accipi, quod plus sit,

    Quint. 7, 1, 61:

    qui memoriam ab aliquo simili transferunt ad id, quod, etc.,

    id. 11, 2, 30 et saep.:

    ignavi et erepti et similia,

    id. 1, 5, 69; 1, 6, 2; 2, 4, 26; 3, 5, 16 et saep.; cf.:

    latitatio, metus, similia,

    id. 7, 2, 46:

    de philosophiā, de republicā, similibus,

    id. 9, 4, 19; 11, 3, 153.—
    2.
    Resemblance, simile et majus est et par et minus, Quint. 7, 8, 7.— Adv. in two forms, simulter (ante-class.) and similiter (class.).
    * a.
    sĭmulter, in like manner, similarly:

    exossabo ego illum simulter itidem ut muraenam coquos,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 148 (cited ap. Non. 170, 25: simulter pro similiter); v. Ritschl ad Plaut. 1. 1.—
    b. (α).
    Absol. (so most freq.):

    ecquid adsimulo similiter?

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 37:

    similiter atque uno modo,

    Cic. Brut. 66, 233:

    illa quae similiter desinunt aut quae cadunt similiter,

    id. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Tusc. 4, 11, 25:

    si non similiter semper ingrediamur in argumentationem,

    id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

    addunt etiam C. Marium... Similiter vos, cum, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

    quorum non similiter fides est nec justitia laudata,

    id. Rep. 2, 36, 61 et saep.— Comp.: scurram multo similius imitatum, more perfectly or naturally, Phaedr. 5, 5, 34.— Sup.:

    ut, etc.... simillime, etc.,

    just so, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—
    (β).
    With atque ( ac), et, ut si:

    neque vero illum similiter, atque ipse eram, commotum esse vidi,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 9; id. Ac. 2, 23, 72; Quint. 3, 7, 26:

    similiter facis, ac si me roges, cur, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

    similiter facere eos... ut si nautae certarent, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 87:

    similiter facit ut si posse putet,

    id. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

    similiter et si dicat, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 21; v. Madv. ad h. l.— Sup.:

    hic excipit Pompeium, simillime atque ut illā lege Glaucippus excipitur,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13.—
    * (γ).
    With dat.:

    similiter his, etc.,

    Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > similis

  • 9 comparación

    f.
    comparison, comparing, collation.
    * * *
    1 comparison
    \
    en comparación con compared to, in comparison to
    no tienen ni punto de comparación there is no comparison
    sin comparación beyond compare
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cotejo) comparison

    en comparación con — in comparison with, beside

    2) (Literat) simile
    * * *
    1) (acción, efecto) comparison

    hacer or establecer una comparación — to make o draw a comparison

    2) (Lit) simile
    * * *
    = comparison, cross-tabulation, contradistinction.
    Ex. A later section, section 16.6, makes a more direct comparison between subject headings lists and thesauri.
    Ex. The analyses carried out included frequencies of variables and cross-tabulations, using chi-square to test for independence between variables.
    Ex. Here we encounter the first major contradistinction with the 'global warming' myth.
    ----
    * comparación de precios = comparison shopping.
    * comparación entre elementos comparables = like with like comparison.
    * datación por comparación = crossdating.
    * en comparación = by comparison.
    * en comparación con = against, as compared to, set against, in comparison with, in comparison to.
    * establecer comparaciones = make + comparisons.
    * establecer comparaciones entre elementos comparables = compare + like with like.
    * evaluación por comparación = benchmarking.
    * evaluar por comparación = benchmark.
    * hacer comparaciones = draw + comparisons, make + comparisons.
    * no tener ni punto de comparación = be in a different league.
    * tabla de comparación de precios = price-comparison table.
    * * *
    1) (acción, efecto) comparison

    hacer or establecer una comparación — to make o draw a comparison

    2) (Lit) simile
    * * *
    = comparison, cross-tabulation, contradistinction.

    Ex: A later section, section 16.6, makes a more direct comparison between subject headings lists and thesauri.

    Ex: The analyses carried out included frequencies of variables and cross-tabulations, using chi-square to test for independence between variables.
    Ex: Here we encounter the first major contradistinction with the 'global warming' myth.
    * comparación de precios = comparison shopping.
    * comparación entre elementos comparables = like with like comparison.
    * datación por comparación = crossdating.
    * en comparación = by comparison.
    * en comparación con = against, as compared to, set against, in comparison with, in comparison to.
    * establecer comparaciones = make + comparisons.
    * establecer comparaciones entre elementos comparables = compare + like with like.
    * evaluación por comparación = benchmarking.
    * evaluar por comparación = benchmark.
    * hacer comparaciones = draw + comparisons, make + comparisons.
    * no tener ni punto de comparación = be in a different league.
    * tabla de comparación de precios = price-comparison table.

    * * *
    A (acción, efecto) comparison
    hacer/establecer una comparación to make o draw a comparison
    no hay comparación there's no comparison
    en comparación con el año pasado compared to o with last year
    este vino no tiene ni punto de comparación con el Rioja you cannot even begin to compare this wine with Rioja
    el café de filtro no admite comparación con el instantáneo there's simply no comparison between filter coffee and instant
    adverbio de comparación comparative adverb
    B ( Lit) simile
    * * *

     

    comparación sustantivo femenino
    comparison;

    en comparación a or con el año pasado compared to o with last year;
    no tienen ni punto de comparación you cannot even begin to compare them
    comparación sustantivo femenino comparison
    en comparación, comparatively
    en comparación con, compared to
    sin comparación, beyond compare

    ' comparación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bastante
    - de
    - ser
    - más
    - para
    - que
    - lado
    - par
    - relación
    - símil
    English:
    as
    - compare
    - comparison
    - contrast
    - draw
    - on
    - so
    - to
    - invite
    - relative
    * * *
    1. [entre personas, cosas] comparison;
    no es conveniente establecer comparaciones entre hermanos it's not a good idea to compare brothers and sisters;
    en comparación con in comparison with, compared to;
    las comparaciones son odiosas comparisons are odious;
    no admite comparación, no hay punto de comparación there's no comparison;
    2. Gram comparison
    * * *
    f comparison;
    en comparación con in comparison with;
    no tiene (ni punto de) comparación con there’s no comparison with
    * * *
    comparación nf, pl - ciones : comparison
    * * *
    comparación n comparison

    Spanish-English dictionary > comparación

  • 10 similar

    adj.
    similar.
    m.
    match, par.
    * * *
    1 similar
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ similar (a to)
    * * *
    adjetivo similar
    * * *
    = associated, like, similar, like-minded, collateral, nonunique [non-unique], alike, coterminous [co-terminous], parallel, suchlike, consistent, kindred.
    Nota: Véase red para otras palabras terminadas con este sufijo.
    Ex. This list makes recommendations about the use of references for the display of relationships in a catalogue, index or data base, in order to guide users between connected or associated terms.
    Ex. Inversion may offer the advantage of grouping like subjects.
    Ex. Both the author and the subject approach for nonbook materials can be regarded as broadly similar for all media.
    Ex. Directories of organizations and human resources are an excellent means of knowing who is doing what and where and assist in the networking among like-minded institutions.
    Ex. If there are two or more collateral printed texts which were set from manuscript copy, not from other printed editions, the editor must choose one or other of them as copy-text on the basis of whatever he can discover about their relative status = Si existen dos o más textos impresos similares que se compusieron a partir del mismo original, no de otras ediciones impresas, el editor debe escoger uno u otro como texto fuente a partir de aquello que pueda descubrir que los diferencie.
    Ex. Our estimation is that we have 845,000 nonunique names in the MARC data base.
    Ex. Although users are better informed than non-users, they are fairly alike in their attitudes toward such issues as capital punishment and the effect of alcohol on driving.
    Ex. Sample articles were chosen for subjects coterminous with each other for 1950, 60 and 70.
    Ex. The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex. I think this should all be interpreted as a challenge, rather than as a mandate for complacency or suchlike.
    Ex. In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.
    Ex. The indexer must evaluate whether the index user will profit if a distinction is made between two kindred terms.
    ----
    * con las características similares a las de texto = text-like.
    * de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.
    * de intereses similares = of like interest.
    * de manera similar = in a similar way.
    * de manera similar a = in a similar manner to.
    * de un modo similar = in a similar vein.
    * muy similar a = much like.
    * o algo similar = or something of that sort, or something to that effect, or something of that nature, or words to that effect.
    * para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.
    * ser similar = be on a par.
    * ser similar a = be nothing short of.
    * similar a = akin to, of the type, along the lines of, to the effect of.
    * similar a la realidad = lifelike [life-like].
    * similar a un bolígrafo = pen-like.
    * y similares = and the kind.
    * * *
    adjetivo similar
    * * *
    = associated, like, similar, like-minded, collateral, nonunique [non-unique], alike, coterminous [co-terminous], parallel, suchlike, consistent, kindred.
    Nota: Véase red para otras palabras terminadas con este sufijo.

    Ex: This list makes recommendations about the use of references for the display of relationships in a catalogue, index or data base, in order to guide users between connected or associated terms.

    Ex: Inversion may offer the advantage of grouping like subjects.
    Ex: Both the author and the subject approach for nonbook materials can be regarded as broadly similar for all media.
    Ex: Directories of organizations and human resources are an excellent means of knowing who is doing what and where and assist in the networking among like-minded institutions.
    Ex: If there are two or more collateral printed texts which were set from manuscript copy, not from other printed editions, the editor must choose one or other of them as copy-text on the basis of whatever he can discover about their relative status = Si existen dos o más textos impresos similares que se compusieron a partir del mismo original, no de otras ediciones impresas, el editor debe escoger uno u otro como texto fuente a partir de aquello que pueda descubrir que los diferencie.
    Ex: Our estimation is that we have 845,000 nonunique names in the MARC data base.
    Ex: Although users are better informed than non-users, they are fairly alike in their attitudes toward such issues as capital punishment and the effect of alcohol on driving.
    Ex: Sample articles were chosen for subjects coterminous with each other for 1950, 60 and 70.
    Ex: The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex: I think this should all be interpreted as a challenge, rather than as a mandate for complacency or suchlike.
    Ex: In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.
    Ex: The indexer must evaluate whether the index user will profit if a distinction is made between two kindred terms.
    * con las características similares a las de texto = text-like.
    * de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.
    * de intereses similares = of like interest.
    * de manera similar = in a similar way.
    * de manera similar a = in a similar manner to.
    * de un modo similar = in a similar vein.
    * muy similar a = much like.
    * o algo similar = or something of that sort, or something to that effect, or something of that nature, or words to that effect.
    * para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.
    * ser similar = be on a par.
    * ser similar a = be nothing short of.
    * similar a = akin to, of the type, along the lines of, to the effect of.
    * similar a la realidad = lifelike [life-like].
    * similar a un bolígrafo = pen-like.
    * y similares = and the kind.

    * * *
    similar similar A algo similar TO sth
    * * *

     

    similar adjetivo
    similar;
    similar A algo similar to sth
    similar adjetivo similar
    ' similar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    afín
    - análoga
    - análogo
    - enfoque
    - julepe
    - parecida
    - parecido
    - pareja
    - parejo
    - semejante
    - sí
    - símil
    - tenor
    - vecina
    - vecino
    - asemejar
    - carajillo
    - chueca
    - parecer
    - rayuela
    - salchichón
    - tejo
    English:
    similar
    - uncannily
    - akin
    - broadly
    - gravitate
    - kindred
    - like
    - net
    - similarly
    - unlike
    * * *
    similar adj
    similar (a to)
    * * *
    adj similar;
    y similares and the like
    * * *
    similar adj
    semejante: similar, alike
    * * *
    similar adj similar

    Spanish-English dictionary > similar

  • 11 similmente

    avv [simil'mente]

    Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > similmente

  • 12 similpelle

    sf [simil'pɛlle]

    Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > similpelle

  • 13 frango

    frango, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [root in Gr. FPAT, rhêgnumi, rhêgma, rhôgaleos; Goth. Brikkan; Irish brissim; Germ. brechen; Engl. break; but cf. Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 182, and v. the letter F], to break, break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, break in two (cf.: rumpo, diffringo).
    I.
    Lit.: hastas frangit quatitque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 435 ed. Vahl.); cf.: aes sonit, franguntur hastae, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 504, 33 (Trag. v. 213 ed. Vahl.): fraxinus frangitur atque abies consternitur alta, is broken, felled, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 ed. Vahl.):

    simulacra,

    Lucr. 6, 419:

    milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo: ergo alter alterius ubicumque nactus est ova, frangit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    anulus aureus fractus et comminatus est,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 56:

    compluribus navibus fractis,

    dashed to pieces, Caes. B. G. 4, 29, 3:

    naves,

    Hor. A. P. 20:

    navem is fregit apud Andrum insulam,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 17; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57:

    domus fracta conjectu lapidum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:

    janua frangatur, latret canis,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 128:

    patinam,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 72:

    lagenam,

    id. ib. 81:

    crystallina,

    Mart. 14, 111:

    aulas in caput,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21:

    corpora ad saxum,

    Verg. A. 3, 625:

    vindices rerum capitalium laqueo gulam fregere,

    broke his neck, strangled him, Sall. C. 55, 5:

    cervices civium Romanorum in carcere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147; id. Vatin. 11, 26:

    senile guttur parentis impiā manu,

    Hor. Epod. 3, 2:

    cerebrum,

    Verg. A. 5, 413:

    brachium,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf.

    coxam,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

    crus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59:

    crura,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 27; Suet. Aug. 67; id. Tib. 44; Vulg. Johan. 19, 31:

    cornu in arbore,

    Ov. F. 5, 121:

    non ego te, tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo, frangere persequor,

    to tear in pieces, Hor. C. 1, 23, 10; cf.:

    indomitos ut cum Massyla per arva Armenti reges magno leo fregit hiatu, etc.,

    Stat. Th. 11, 28; Val. Fl. 2, 458; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

    nubes in montem actae non franguntur, sed circumfunduntur,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 2.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to break up small, to grind, bruise, crush (freq. since the Aug. per.):

    glebam bidentibus,

    Verg. G. 2, 400;

    glebas,

    id. ib. 3, 161:

    fruges robore saxi,

    Lucr. 1, 882:

    farra saxo,

    Val. Fl. 2, 448:

    hordeum molis,

    Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72:

    granum dentibus,

    id. 18, 24, 54, § 196:

    fabam,

    id. 19, 3, 15, § 40:

    glandem (sues),

    Verg. G. 2, 72:

    testes homini,

    Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263:

    toros,

    to press, throw one's self upon, Mart. 2, 59, 3; 4, 8, 6: comam in gradus, to twist, braid, Quint. 1, 6, 44:

    mare montis ad ejus Radices frangit fluctus,

    breaks, Lucr. 6, 695; cf.:

    quam (fortunam) existimo levem et imbecillam ab animo firmo et gravi tamquam fluctum a saxo frangi oportere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

    fluctus (scopulus),

    Luc. 6, 266:

    undam,

    Ov. F. 4, 282:

    aquas,

    Quint. 9, 4, 7:

    amnem nando,

    Luc. 8, 374; cf. Sil. 3, 457; 8, 555:

    iter,

    i. e. turn off from it, Stat. Th. 12, 232.
    II.
    Trop., to break down, subdue, weaken, diminish, violate; to soften, move, touch:

    quem (Viriathum) C. Laelius praetor ita fregit et comminuit ferocitatemque ejus ita repressit, ut, etc.,

    broke down, subdued, Cic. Off. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

    fractam illam et debilitatam vim suam, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    quem series immensa laborum fregerit,

    Ov. H. 9, 6:

    nationes frangere domareque,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:

    proeliis calamitatibusque fracti,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7:

    victi sumus igitur, aut, si vinci dignitas non potest, fracti certe et abjecti,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    te ut ulla res frangat?

    would break, shake thy resolution, id. Cat. 1, 9, 22; cf.:

    frangi metu, cupiditate,

    id. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    fractus ac debilitatus metu,

    id. de Or. 1, 26, 121:

    flecti animo atque frangi,

    id. Sull. 6, 18:

    frangi animo,

    id. Phil. 2, 15, 37:

    dolore,

    id. Fin. 2, 29, 95:

    misericordiā,

    id. Att. 7, 12, 3:

    pudore,

    id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 et simil.; cf.

    also: aliquem auctoritate,

    id. ib. 1, 21 fin.:

    aliquem patientiā,

    id. Brut. 25, 95: quae (vis) summas frangit infirmatque opes, Poët. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 28:

    debilitatur ac frangitur eloquentia,

    Tac. Dial. 39:

    mollis illa educatio, quam indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnes et mentis et corporis frangit,

    Quint. 1, 2, 6:

    frangitur vox,

    id. 11, 3, 20; cf. id. 12, 11, 2:

    vox Auditur fractos sonitus imitata tubarum,

    Verg. G. 4, 72:

    et illa (littera), quae est sexta nostrarum (i. e. F) quoties aliquam consonantem frangit, ut in hoc ipso frangit, multo fit horridior,

    i. e. weakens, Quint. 12, 10, 29 Spald. (v. the passage in its connection); cf. id. 1, 4, 11:

    primum divisit ineleganter: duo enim genera quae erant, fecit tria: hoc est non dividere, sed frangere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 26; cf.:

    frangas citius quam corrigas, quae in pravum induruerunt,

    Quint. 1, 3, 12:

    bellum proeliis frangere,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

    dignitatem,

    id. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

    hunc (pedum dolorem) abstinentiā, sanctitate vicit et fregit,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5:

    ut equorum cursum delicati minutis passibus frangunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 113:

    animos frangi et debilitari molestiā,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

    ingenium (mala),

    Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 33:

    sublimia pectora (Venus et vinum),

    id. F. 1, 301:

    ego unus contudi et fregi exsultantis praedonis audaciam,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 13 fin.; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 301, 8 (id. Rep. 3, 36 ed. Mos.):

    furorem et petulantiam alicujus,

    id. Pis. 14, 31:

    libidines,

    id. Leg. 3, 13, 31:

    odium iramque (risus),

    Quint. 6, 3, 9:

    impetum cogitationis (membranae),

    id. 10, 3, 31:

    consilium alicujus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4; cf.:

    sententiam alicujus,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

    foedus,

    id. Pis. 12, 28; id. Scaur. 42:

    fidem,

    id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:

    jura pudicitiae,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 28:

    mandata,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 19:

    fas,

    Grat. Cyneg. 451:

    morantem diem mero (= breviorem reddere),

    to shorten, Hor. C. 2, 7, 6:

    vina,

    i. e. to weaken, dilute, Mart. 14, 103; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 138:

    cum frangerem jam ipse me cogeremque illa ferre toleranter,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

    nec animus tantis se laboribus frangeret, neque, etc.,

    id. Arch. 11, 29:

    ante quam calores aut frigora se fregerunt,

    diminished, abated, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; cf.:

    Scaevola paulum quiescet, dum se calor frangat,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

    fracti aestus et nondum orta frigora,

    Cels. 7, 7, 4 fin.; cf.:

    fluctus se frangit,

    Sen. Med. 392:

    glacies se frangit,

    id. Q. N. 4, 5, 4.—Hence, fractus, a, um, P. a., weakened, weak, feeble, faint:

    jamque adeo fracta est aetas effetaque tellus Vix animalia parva creat,

    Lucr. 2, 1151:

    quod me audis fractiorem esse animo,

    i. e. more disheartened, less courageous, Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4; cf.:

    spes amplificandae fortunae fractior,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    in compositione fractus,

    powerless, feeble, Quint. 12, 10, 12; cf.:

    quid est tam fractum, tam minutum, tam in ipsa concinnitate puerile?

    Cic. Brut. 83, 287; and:

    corruptum et omnibus vitiis fractum dicendi genus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 125: corrupta oratio maxime comprehensione obscura, compositione fracta consistit, id. [p. 777] 8, 3, 57:

    effeminata et fracta impudicis modis (musice),

    id. 1, 10, 31.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > frango

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