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.—