3. With similis the Genitive is the commoner construction in Cicero, when the reference is to living objects; as,—
fīlius patris simillimus est, the son is exactly like his father;
meī similis, like me; vestrī similis, like you.
When the reference is to things, both Genitive and Dative occur; as,—
mors somnō (or somnī) similis est, death is like sleep.
4. In the poets and later prose writers the use of the Genitive with Adjectives is extended far beyond earlier limits; as, atrōx animī, fierce of temper; incertus cōnsilī, undecided in purpose.
GENITIVE WITH VERBS.
[205]. The Genitive is used with the following classes of Verbs:—
Memini, Reminīscor, Oblīvīscor.
[206]. 1. WHEN REFERRING TO PERSONS—
a. meminī always takes the Genitive of personal or reflexive pronouns; as,—