• MODEL

1. s. proplasma, -atis, neuter; protypum (a pattern on a small scale, after which a work of art is to be made; typus is an image made): exemplar, exemplum (general term, a pattern after which a work of art is to be nvide; e.g., exemplum animale, a living model from which an artist paints, Cic., Invent., 2, 1, 2): to furnish a model of anything, alicujus rei modum formamque demonstrare: to take a model of anything, exemplum sumere ab aliqua re: to serve as a model, exemplum exsistere.

2. v. *alicujus rei proplasma fingere: to model anything in plaster of Paris, alicujus rei protypum e gypso exprimere: the art of modelling, plastice (πλαστική): ars fingendi: fingere (to form out of the raw material): formare (to bring into a shape, to shape). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fingere et formare.