Meaning of simia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. an ape, monkey
   declension-1
2. monkey
   declension-1, derogatory
3. an imitator
   declension-1
4. Equivalent to 'monkey': A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small...

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Examples

“Attributed to Ennius by Cicero in De natura deorum, Book I, Chapter XXXV Sīmia quam similis turpissima bēstia nōbīs!”

The ape, most vile beast, how similar to us!

“Sīmiārum quoque genera plūra. Hominis figūrae proxima caudīs inter se distinguntur. Mīra sollertia viscō inunguī laqueīsque calciārī imitātiōne vēnantium trādunt, Mūciānus et latrunculis lusisse, fictas cera nuces visu distinguere; lunam cavam triste esse quibus in eo genere cauda sit, novam exultatione adorari. nam defectum siderum et ceterae pavent quadripedes. Simiarum generi praecipua erga fetum adfectio. gestant catulos quae mansuefactae intra domos peperere, omnibus demonstrant tractarique gaudent, gratulationem intellegentibus similes, itaque magna ex parte conplectendo necant. efferatior cynocephalis natura sicut satyris. callitriches toto paene aspectu differunt; barba est in facie, cauda late fusa primori parte. hoc animal negatur vivere in alio quam Aethiopiae quo gignitur caelo. 1855 translation by John Bostock”

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