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- ε1074Ἐμφερίστατοςmost closely resembling, very like"In habits and lifestyle most closely resembling sphinxes". [This phrase occurs] in Aristophanes in Wasps.
- γ261Γήτειαhorn onionsA type of plant, resembling a leek.
- β470Βούτομονsedge, butomusA plant resembling a reed, which oxen [boes] eat.
- α576Ἀετὸς τῶν οἰκοδομημάτωνgable of the buildings… in triangular pediments known as aetoi or aetomata, presumably as resembling the shape of an eagle [aetos] with spread wings" (Nan Dunbar, Aristophanes: Birds, edited with introduction and commentary (Oxford 1995) 592).
- δ1132Δῖνοςrotation… at the top and running down to a point, thus resembling a vortex. Compare generally delta 1133. [3] See Clouds 265, 423 (Clouds as divinities); 380, 828, 1471-1474 (Dinos).