simia

From simio +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /siˈmia/
• Hyphenation: si‧mi‧a
• Rhymes: -ia

simia (accusative singular simian, plural simiaj, accusative plural simiajn)

1. apish

simia (plural simias)

1. monkey, simian

• sīmius

From sīmus (“snub-nosed”), ultimately from Ancient Greek σῑμός (sīmós, “snub-nosed”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.mi.a/

sīmia f (genitive sīmiae); first declension

1. an ape, monkey
   • Attributed to Ennius by Cicero in De natura deorum, Book I, Chapter XXXV

     Simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis!

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

2. (derogatory, of a person) monkey
3. an imitator

Occasionally used as a masculine noun, especially the pejorative sense.

First declension.

Sometimes: First declension, dative/ablative plural in -ābus.

• Catalan: ximia
• English: simian
• French: singe
• Italian: scimmia
• Romansch: schimgia, schemia, schemgia, schiemgia
• Spanish: jimia

• simia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• simia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• simia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

From Spanish semilla and Portuguese semente and Kabuverdianu simenti.

simia

1. seed

Compare Italian scimmia

simia f (plural simie)

1. monkey