noun · neutersecond declension
exemplum
exemplum n (genitive exemplī)
Classical[ɛkˈsɛm.pɫũː]Ecclesiastical[eɡˈzɛm.plum]
№ 519 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neutera sample, example
- neutera warning example, deterrent
esse in exemplō
to serve as a warning - neutertorture, exemplary penalty, chastisement
- neuterdeed, memorable circumstance
- neuterprecedent, case, custom
- neuterdepiction, paint
- neuterconfrontation, comparison
- neutera copy or transcript
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quod sequī dēbēmus; exemplum bonum prīmus dat, cēterī imitantur.exemplum -ī n — in Mille Verba, Schola
example
exemplum -ī — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 11
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Exemplum · Exemplar
Exemplum means an example out of many, chosen on account of its relative aptness for a certain end; whereas exemplar means an example before others, chosen on account of its absolute aptness to represent the idea of a whole species, a model. Cic. Mur. 31. Vell. P. ii. 100. Antonius singulare exemplum clementiæ Cæsaris; compare with Tac. Ann. xii. 37. Si incolumem servaveris, æternum exemplar clementiæ ero; not merely tuæ clementiæ, but of clemency in general. (v. 359.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | exemplum | exempla |
| genitive | exemplī | exemplōrum |
| dative | exemplō | exemplīs |
| accusative | exemplum | exempla |
| ablative | exemplō | exemplīs |
| vocative | exemplum | exempla |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- exemplo uti
- to quote an example.
- exemplo esse
- to set an example.
- exemplum afferre
- to quote an example.
- exemplum illustre
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example.
- exemplum luculentum
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example.
- exemplum edere, prodere
- to set an example.
- exemplum magnum, grande
- a weighty example, precedent.
- aliquid exemplis ostendere
- to demonstrate by instances.
16 more phrases
- exemplum clarum, praeclarum
- a good, brilliant example; a striking example.
- verba, oratio, exemplum scriptoris
- the text of the author (not textus).
- ad exemplum alicuius se conformare
- to shape one's conduct after another's model.
- litterae hoc exemplo (Att. 9. 6. 3)
- a letter, the tenor of which is...
- auctoritas et exemplum (Balb. 13. 31)
- standard and pattern.
- multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere
- to collect, accumulate instances.
- exemplum in aliquo or in aliquem statuere
- to inflict an exemplary punishment on some one.
- a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
- to quote Socrates as a model of virtue.
- aliquid exemplis probare, comprobare, confirmare
- to quote precedents for a thing.
- exempla a rerum Romanarum (Graecarum) memoria petita
- examples taken from Roman (Greek) history.
- exemplum (severitatis) edere in aliquo (Q. Fr. 1. 2. 2. 5)
- to inflict an exemplary punishment on some one.
- sibi exemplum sumere ex aliquo or exemplum capere de aliquo
- to take a lesson from some one's example.
- ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
- to choose one from a large number of instances.
- aliquem (aliquid) exempli causa ponere, proferre, nominare, commemorare
- to cite a person or a thing as an example.
- sibi exemplum alicuius proponere ad imitandum or simply sibi aliquem ad imitandum proponere
- to set up some one as one's ideal, model.
- exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
- to borrow instances from history.
exemplum, i, n. eximo, orig., what is taken out as a sample (cf. eximius, from eximo),
I. a sample.
I. Prop. (cf. exemplar, specimen):
purpurae, tritici, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.—Hence, II. Transf.
A. An imitation, image, portrait taken from something; a draught, transcript, copy.
1. Hic quoque exemplum reliquit, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 56; cf.:
o Apella, o Zeuxis pictor, Cur numero estis mortui? hinc exemplum ut pingeretis: Nam alios pictores nihil moror hujusmodi tractare exempla, id. Poen. 5, 4, 102 sq.; and in a pun with the follg. signif. under B.: Th. Exempla edepol faciam ego in te. Tr. Quia placeo, exemplum expetis, id. Most. 5, 1, 67: aedes probant: sibi quisque Inde exemplum expetunt, a sketch, draught, id. ib. 1, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 75 sq.: Pompeii litterarum ad consulem exemplum attulit: Litterae mihi a L. Domitio allatae sunt: earum exemplum infra scripsi ... Deinde supposuit exemplum epistolae Domitii, quod ego ad te pridie miseram, a transcript, copy, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1 sq.; 8, 11, 6; 7, 23, 3; id. Fam. 9, 26, 3; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 23 al.—2. An equal, parallel:
clarissimum Homeri inluxit ingenium, sine exemplo maximum, Vell. 1, 5, 1.—B. A sample for imitation, instruction, proof, a pattern, model, original, example, precedent, case (the predominant meaning of the word).
1. In gen.:
ut mutum in simulacrum ex animali exemplo veritas transferatur, from a living model, original, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 2; cf.: feruntur enim ex optimis naturae et veritatis exemplis, id. Off. 3, 17, 69: propones illi exempla ad imitandum, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; cf.: habere exemplum ad imitandum (corresp. to exemplar), id. Mur. 31, 66; and: nostris exemplo fuit ad imitandum, Suet. Gramm. 2: exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica, Cic. Rep. 1, 46 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 31 fin.: loquimur de iis amicis, qui ante oculos sunt... Ex hoc numero nobis exempla sumenda sunt, id. Lael. 11, 38: aliquem ex barbatis illis exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis, id. Sest. 8, 19: a sapiente petitur exemplum, id. Off. 3, 4, 16: exemplum a me petere, Liv. 7, 32, 12: ab eodem Pompeio omnium rerum egregiarum exempla sumantur, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 44: ab se ipso exemplum capi posse, Liv. 1, 49, 2; cf.: cum et ipse sis quasi unicum exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei, Cic. Rep. 3, 5: quod in juventute habemus illustrius exemplum veteris sanctitatis? id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: innocentiae, id. de Or. 1, 53, 229: qua in muliere etiam nunc quasi exempli causa vestigia antiqui officii remanent, as a pattern, example, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27 (cf. infra, 2.): eum virum, unde pudoris pudicitiaeque exempla peterentur, id. Deiot. 10, 28: firmare animum constantibus exemplis (for constantiae), Tac. A. 16, 35; cf.: exemplum modestum, id. H. 2, 64: vitiosi principes plus exemplo quam peccato nocent, by their example, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: (Tullus Hostilius) de imperio suo, exemplo Pompilii, populum consuluit curiatim, id. Rep. 2, 17: quod autem exemplo nostrae civitatis usus sum, etc., id. ib. 2, 39: atrox videbatur Appi sententia; rursus Vergini Larciique exemplo haud salubres, i. e. judged by the precedent, Liv. 2, 30 init.: divinare morientes etiam illo exemplo confirmat Posidonius, quo affert, etc., by that example, that case, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64; id. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.: hinc illa et apud Graecos exempla ... levitatis Atheniensium crudelitatisque in amplissimos cives exempla, id. Rep. 1, 3: datum in omnes provincias exemplum, Tac. A. 1, 78; so, dare exemplum, to set the example, id. ib. 4, 50: tertia legio exemplum ceteris praebuit, id. H. 2, 85; 4, 52; Val. Max. 3, 6, 5.—2. Esp. in phrase: exempli causā or gratiā, for instance, for an example (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 437):
exempli causa paucos nominavi, for example's sake, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 2; cf.: quia in alicujus libris exempli causa id nomen invenerant, putarunt, etc., id. Mur. 12, 27; id. Inv. 1, 37, 66: haec exempli gratia sufficient, Quint. 9, 2, 56; cf.: pauca exempli gratia ponam, id. 6, 5, 6; 5, 10, 110; cf.: ex quibus in exemplum pauca subjeci, Suet. Tib. 21 et saep.: venit in exemplum furor, teaches, Ov. F. 4, 243; cf. Just. 23, 3.—3. In partic., a warning example, an example, warning, punishment (rare):
exemplum statuite in me, ut adolescentuli vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi, Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; cf.: quibus liberi sunt, statuite exemplum, quantae poenae in civitate sint hominibus istiusmodi comparatae, Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47: simile in superiore parte provinciae edere exemplum severitatis tuae, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5; cf. Tac. A. 3, 36 fin.; so, edere exempla in aliquem, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 21; Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 12; Liv. 29, 27, 4: ut ne viderem, quae futura exempla dicunt in eum indigna, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 24: habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, Tac. A. 14, 44: meritum quidem novissima exempla Mithridatem, i. e. the punishment of death, id. ib. 12, 20: esse in exemplo, to serve as a warning, Ov. M. 9, 454; cf. Vulg. Judae, 7 al.: exemplo supplicii reliquos deterrere, Hirt. B. G. 8, 44, 1.—4. Law t. t., a precedent:
ad exemplum trahere, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6: alicui sine exemplo subvenire, id. ib.—C. A way, manner, kind, nature:
multi more isto atque exemplo vivunt, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 11; cf.: negat se more et exemplo populi Romani posse iter ulli per provinciam dare, Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3: uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132: istoc exemplo, id. ib. 2, 4, 6: quot me exemplis ludificatust, id. Ep. 5, 2, 6: eodem exemplo, quo, Liv. 31, 12, 3: ad hoc exemplum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 6: quod ad exemplum, id. Trin. 4, 2, 76 et saep.—Hence often of methods or examples of punishment (cf. 3. supra): quando ego te exemplis pessumis cruciavero, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 33: omnibus exemplis crucior, id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 35; 55; 5, 1, 67.—Freq. of the tenor, purport, contents of a letter, etc.: litterae uno exemplo, i. e. of the same tenor, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; 10, 5, 1: scribere bis eodem exemplo, id. ib. 9, 16, 1: testamentum duplex ... sed eodem exemplo, Suet. Tib. 76: Capua litterae sunt allatae hoc exemplo: Pompeius mare transiit, etc., Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3: (litterarum) exemplum componere, id. Agr. 2, 20, 53; Suet. Calig. 55.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
exemplum ī, n
EM-, a sample, specimen : hominum exempla, i. e. representatives of the race , O.— An imitation, image, portrait, draught, transcript, copy : earum (litterarum), S.: epistulae.— A pattern, model, original, example, precedent, incident, case : simulacrum ab animali exemplo transfertur: litterarum, a draft : exempla ad imitandum: naturae et veritatis: Ex hoc numero (amicorum) nobis exempla sumenda sunt: vir exempli recti: in oculis exemplum erat Fabius, L.: exemplum a me petere, L.: qui exemplum et rectores habebantur, Ta.: spinas Traxit in exemplum, O.: habuerunt virtutes spatium exemplorum, i. e. room to show themselves , Ta.: quasi exempli causā, as an example : sequimur exempla deorum, O.: sententiae exemplo haud salubres, i. e. by becoming a precedent , L.: mala exempla ex rebus bonis orta sunt, S.: illo exemplo confirmat, etc., by that instance : Venit in exemplum furor, served as a lesson , O.: exempli causā paucos nominavi, for example's sake : exempli gratiā.— A warning example, warning, lesson, penalty : Exemplum statuite in me, ut, etc., T.: simile severitatis tuae: in eos omnia exempla cruciatūsque edere, Cs.: ea in civitatem exempli edendi facultas, L.: in eum indigna, T.: esse in exemplo, to serve as a warning , O. — A way, manner, kind, nature : more et exemplo populi R. iter dare, Cs.: eodem exemplo quo, L.: exemplo nubis aquosae Fertur, after the manner of , O.— A tenor, purport, contents : litterae uno exemplo: scribere bis eodem exemplo: hoc exemplo, as follows .
Origins
Ultimately from eximō (“to take out, take away”), itself from ex + emō. Hypothesized to go back to *exem-lom, with epenthesis turning *-ml- into -mpl-; another possible example of this change is amplus. However, Leumann 1977 argues the use of voiceless -p- rather than voiced -b- as the epenthetic consonant is unusual, and suggests it may have been influenced somehow by exēmptus. Compare templum. Possibly compare also instrument nouns ending in -ulum, such as capulum, dēcipulum, speculum. It is debated whether the ending in these comes from pre-Latin *-elom, the neuter form of the agent noun suffix *-elos (Classical Latin -ulus), or from the Proto-Indo-European instrument noun suffix *-tlom (which normally became Latin -culum, but which may have alternatively developed to -ulum after stop consonants).
Elsewhere
- Catalanexemple
- Italianesempio
- GermanExempelfrom Middle High German exempel
- Occitanexemple
- Portugueseexemplofrom Old Galician-Portuguese exemplo
- Romanianexemplu
- Spanishejemplo
- Albanianshembull
- Alemannic GermanXämpeli
- Aragoneseeixemplo
Italo-Romance
- Italianscempio
- Sicilianscempru