example Copy link Outline 1. exemplum (an illustration, specimen, precedent)2. exemplar, āris, n. (a pattern or original set before one)3. dŏcŭmentum (anything to learn from) • example: 1. exemplum (an illustration, specimen, precedent): to offer e.s for imitation, exempla proponere ad imitandum, Cic.: to set an e., ex. praebere, Sall. (or.): to do injury by one's e., exemplo nocere, Cic.: by way of e. (i. e. illustration by a particular case). exempli causâ, Cic. Mur. 12, 27; ex. gratiâ, Quint. See also precedent (subs.). 2. exemplar, āris, n. (a pattern or original set before one): used syn. with exemplum in Cic. Mur. 31, 66: v. pattern. 3. dŏcŭmentum (anything to learn from): an e. of virtue, d. virtutis, Cic. Rab. P. 10, 27: v. lesson. Phr.: for e., verbi causa (gratia), Cic. Verr. 2, 52, 129 (see also supr. 1); puta, ut puta (i. e. suppose, for instance), Sen. N. Q. 2, 2, 3 (not Cic.): sometimes ut alone may suffice: many philosophers committed suicide, as for e. Cato, *multi sibi mortem consciverunt philosophi, ut Cato (v. as).
EXAMPLE Copy link • EXAMPLE 1. v. Vid: To EXAMPLIFY, “to set an EXAMPLE of. 2. exemplum (an example out of many, chosen on account of its relative aptness for a certain end): exemplar (means an example before others, chosen on account of its absolute aptness to represent the idea of a whole species; a model): auctoritas (example from the conduct of an eminent person): documentum (an instructive and warning example). To take anybody for one’s example, exemplum (sibi) petere ab aliquo; exemplum capere de aliquo; exemplum sumere ex aliquo, with which sibi may be used (all Cic.). To set an example, exemplum praebere: to seta bad example, periculosam exempli imitationem (aliis, reliquis) prodere; mali (pessimi, etc.) esse exempli: to follow anybody’s example, sequi alicujus exemplum or auctoritatem; uti aliquo auctore; in any thing, aliquem ducem sequi in re. To confirm anything by an example, exemplo confirmare aliquid. To propose an example for imitation, proponere alicui exemplum ad imitandum. To fashion one’s self after anybody’s example, se formare ad mores alicujus. To turn anybody’s example against himself, suum ipsius exemplum in eum vertere (Liv. 7, 28). As for example; for example, ut, velut (not referring to a verb, but introducing single names, words, etc.; e.g., a dislike to women, as, for example, that of Timon, of Hippolytus, etc., ut Timonis, ut Hippolyti). For example, exempli causa or gratia: ut exemplo utar (when “for example” means “for the purpose of giving an example” [a fact, a statement, etc.] ; e.g., aliquos exempli causa nominare: nomen aliquod exempli causa invenire, afferre): verbi causa, verbi gratia (to explain a preceding expression): vel (= αὐτίκα,” to go no further, but take the first instance that occurs,” Pr. Intr., ii. 542). As, for example, when we laugh, ut cum ridemus. Sometimes “for example” is translated by in his (when a special instance or some special instances of a general assertion are produced). Penal example, exemplum (supplicii). To make an example, exemplum severitatis statuere; of anybody, exemplum in aliquo statuere or in aliquem edere: constituere: to make an example for the purpose of terrifying the others, exemplo supplicii ceteros deterrere.