copy (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A transcribed writing or book1. exemplar, āris, n.2. exemplum3. ăpŏgrăphon, i, n.II. Of any object1. exemplar2. ĭmĭtāmen (rare)3. ĭmāgo, sĭmĭlĭtūdo, etc.4. ĭmĭtātioIII. That which is copied from1. exemplar2. exemplum • copy (subs.): I. A transcribed writing or book: 1. exemplar, āris, n.: a book transcribed into a thousand c.s, liber in ex. transcriptus mille, Plin.: a c. of a letter, literarum ex., Cic.: (the usual word in modern criticism). 2. exemplum: a c. of a letter, literarum ex., Sall. 3. ăpŏgrăphon, i, n.: Plin. Phr.: to make a c., transcribere, exscribere: v. to transcribe. II. Of any object: 1. exemplar: a kind of c. of oneself (a friend), tanquam ex. aliquid sui, Cic. (Not exemplum in this sense.) 2. ĭmĭtāmen (rare): Ov. 3. ĭmāgo, sĭmĭlĭtūdo, etc.: v. likeness. 4. ĭmĭtātio: v. imitation. III. That which is copied from: 1. exemplar: more fully, exemplar ad imitandum, Cic.: v. pattern. 2. exemplum: v. example. Phr.: to set a c. of letters, literas praeformare ad invitationem scribendi proponere, Quint.