1. a pattern or model of the thing to be executed, Lat. exemplar, an architect's plan , (Herdotus Historicus); a sculptor's or painter's model , (Plato Philosophus) 2. a precedent, example , (Thucydides); ἐπὶ παραδείγματος by way of example , (Aeschines Orator) 3. an example , i. e. a lesson or warning , π. ἔχειν τινός to take a lesson from another, (Thucydides); τὸ σὸν π. ἔχων (Sophocles Tragicus); ζῶντά τινα τοῖς λοιποῖς π. ποιεῖν (Demosthenes Orator) 4. an argument, proof from example , (Thucydides) 5. the model or copy of an existing thing, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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G8606 — παράδειγμα
paradeigma · a model · Greek