simila

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈmila/

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• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: si‧mi‧la

Adjective

simila (accusative singular similan, plural similaj, accusative plural similajn)

1. similar

Derived terms

• malsimila
• simileco
• malsimileco

Ido

Adjective

simila

1. similar

Italian

Adjective

simila f sg

1. feminine singular of simile

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from an Eastern language, likely Semitic. Appears first in the first century AD, at the height of expansion of the Roman Empire. An Ancient Greek σεμίδᾱλις (semídālis) also exists, presumably borrowed directly from Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samādu⁠/, “to grind fine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪ.mɪ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.mi.la]

Noun

simila f (genitive similae); first declension

1. (finest) wheat flour

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	simila	similae
genitive	similae	similārum
dative	similae	similīs
accusative	similam	similās
ablative	similā	similīs
vocative	simila	similae

Derived terms

• similāgō
  • similāgineus
  • similāginārius
• similāceus

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: simula
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: semola (see there for further descendants)
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: sémule
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: semola
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: sêmea
• Borrowings:
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *similā (see there for further descendants)

See also

• farīna
• pollen
• silīgō

Further reading

• “simila”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "simila", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “simila”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “smyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “simila”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[2] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 626
• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974), The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[3], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 90
• Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “simila”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 538

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

similā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of similō