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.
copy (v.) Copy link Outline I. To write, etc., according to an originalII. In gen. to imitate closely1. ĭmĭtor, 12. exscrībo, 3 (rare in this sense)3. rĕfĕro4. exprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 35. sĕquor, cutus, 3 • copy (v.): I. To write, etc., according to an original: descrībo, transcrībo, exscrībo: v. transcribe. Phr.: to c. pictures, imagines exscribere atque pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1: also transcribere, Plin. alter. II. In gen. to imitate closely: 1. ĭmĭtor, 1: v. imitate. 2. exscrībo, 3 (rare in this sense): to c. any one's character with wonderful exactness, mores alicujus mira similitudine ex., Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9. 3. rĕfĕro: v. resemble, reproduce. 4. exprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: a law c.'d from nature, lex expressa ad naturam, Cic. 5. sĕquor, cutus, 3: v. follow.
COPY Copy link • COPY 1. Of any written document, etc., exemplar: exemplum: a copy of a speech written out by the author, oratio sua manu transcripta: an exact copy of a will, tabulae testamenti eodem exemplo: testamentum eodem exemplo (Caes., B.G., 3, 108; Suet., Tib., 76, Bremi): a copy of a letter, exemplar litterarum or epistolae: I have subjoined a copy of the letter, earum litterarum exemplum infra scriptum est: I have received a letter from Balbus, of which I send you a copy, habeo a Balbo litteras, quarum exemplum ad te misi. Copy of a painting, exemplar (Plin.); imitatio; *tabula picta ad aliam expressa. To make or take a copy (of a picture, bust), etc., (imaginem) exscribere pingereque (Plin., Ep., 4, 28): picturam ex altera exprimere (Plin.): the copy of a copy, imitatio imitationis: to make a copy, imaginem exscribere. Of a book, exemplar; exemplum: exemplar typis exscriptum (printed copy): before any copy was struck off, antequam liber typis exscribatur (exscriberetur): to publish a thousand copies of a work, librum in exemplaria millia transcribere, or, of printed copies, describendum curare. A copy (to be imitated by one who is learning to write), versus ad imitationem scribendi propositus (after Quint., 1, 1, 35): litterae praeformatae (of single letters). To set a boy a copy, alicui praeformare litteras (Quint.; of single letters): alicui versum ad imitationem scribendi proponere (Quint.). 2. v. Imitate, imitari: imitando or imitatione exprimere: imitando effingere (et exprimere). Vid: IMITATE. Of writers, painters, etc.: describere: exscribere (of a writer or painter): exscribere pingereque (of a painter only): to copy after nature, or the life, similitudinem effingere ex vero: rescribere (i. e., to write over again, make another copy): to copy anything with one’s own hand, aliquid sua manu transcribere: to copy the fifth book of anybody’s work, a aliquo librum quintum describere: to copy a writer word for word without acknowledgement, auctorem ad verbum transcribere, neque nominare (Plin., Hist., Nat., praef., § 22); furari aliquid ab aliquo (stronger term). Copied, descriptus: exscriptus: transcriptus.