pattern Copy link Outline I. For imitationII. A sampleIII. An admirable instance1. spĕcĭmen, ĭnis, n.2. exemplar, ārisIV. A design for manufactures • pattern: I. For imitation: exemplar, exemplum: v. model. Or expr. by circuml.: p. verses, versus qui ad imitationem scribendi proponuntur, Quint. 1, 1, 35. (Not specimen in this sense: v. infr. III.) II. A sample: exemplum [not exemplar]: Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9. III. An admirable instance: 1. spĕcĭmen, ĭnis, n.: a p. of temperance and sagacity, temperantiae prudentiaeque s., Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55: Liv. 2. exemplar, āris: a p. of antique uprightness, ex. antiquae religionis, Cic. Caec. 10, 28. Also exemplum: a p. of integrity, innocentiae exemplum, id. de Or. 1, 53, 229. Phr.: a man who is a p. of modesty and chastity, (homo) unde pudoris pudicitiaeque exempla petuntur, id. Deiot. 10, 28: a p. of integrity, cujus spectata [multis magnisque rebus] singularis integritas, id. Ph. 3, 10, 26. IV. A design for manufactures: *pictura descripta.