LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

assimilis

assimilis (neuter assimile)
Classical[asˈsɪ.mɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[asˈsiː.mi.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationsimilar, like

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeassimilisassimilisassimile
genitiveassimilisassimilisassimilis
dativeassimilīassimilīassimilī
accusativeassimilemassimilemassimile
ablativeassimilīassimilīassimilī
vocativeassimilisassimilisassimile
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeassimilēsassimilēsassimilia
genitiveassimiliumassimiliumassimilium
dativeassimilibusassimilibusassimilibus
accusativeassimilīs
assimilēs		assimilīs
assimilēs		assimilia
ablativeassimilibusassimilibusassimilibus
vocativeassimilēsassimilēsassimilia

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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinassimilis

Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis Latin assimilis From ad- + similis (“resembling, like”).

Quick answers

What does assimilis mean in Latin?
assimilis, a adjective, means “similar, like”.
How do you pronounce assimilis?
In classical Latin, [asˈsɪ.mɪ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [asˈsiː.mi.lis].
Where does assimilis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin assimilis.