Definition of "similia" []

• Plural form of simile. (noun)

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• "Amongst the Ancient Egyptians the metal was ill-omened being the bones of Typhon, 80 here, possibly, we have an instance of early homœopathy — similia similibus."
• "Cerastes serpens dictus, eo quod in capite cornua habeat similia arietum; KERATA enim Graeci cornua vocant: sunt autem illi quadrigemina cornicula, quorum ostentatione, veluti esca, inlice sollicitata animalia perimit."
• "Cerastes serpens dictus eo quod in capite cornua habet similia arietum, cerusta Greci cornua dicunt."