English → Latin
“similarity” in Latin
similitūdōLikeness, resemblance, similarity; imitation.; A comparison, simile, similitude; analogy; parable.; Sameness, uniformityconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtcōnsentiōto agree, accord, harmonize; to unite upon; to plot or conspirecōnsēnsiōagreement, consent, harmony, unanimity; plot, conspiracyconcentussinging, a blending of voices in harmony; a choir; a concordant acclamation of the peoplecongruōto come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone; to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree w
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
similarity
similitudo (similitude): convenientia: consensus: consensio: concentus (agreement; suitableness): congruentia (so far as the similitude depends upon or rests in the symmetry of the component parts; the latter, Plin., Ep., 2, 5, 1 1): congruentia morum (of manners, character, Suet., Oth., 2). Similarity of name, nominis vicinitas: there is some similarity between persons, est similitudo inter aliquos: to bear a similarity to anybody or anything, similitudinem habere cum aliquo or cum aliqua re; similitudo mihi est cum aliquo: there are certain points of similarity between the body and the mind, sunt quaedam animi similitudines cum corpore.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for similarity?
- The usual Latin words for “similarity” are similitūdō, conveniō, cōnsentiō; also cōnsēnsiō, concentus, congruō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.