A.pattern, model: of an architect's model (or perh. plan) of a building, Hdt.5.62, IG22.1668.95, 11(2).161 A43,75,203 B95, al. (Delos, iii B. C.); a sculptor's or painter's model, Pl.Ti.28c, R.500e, IG12.374.248, 22.1675.23 (pl.); of the divine exemplars after which earthly things are made, “ἐν οὐρανῷ ἴσως π. ἀνάκειται” Pl.R.592b; of the Platonic ideas, opp. εἰκών, Arist.Metaph. 991a21, 1013a27 (later, copy, “Πλάτων τὸν ὁρατὸν κόσμον γεγονέναι π. τοῦ νοητοῦ κόσμου” Placit.2.6.4 (v.l. πρὸς π.)).
2. precedent, example, “παραδείγματα λαβεῖν παρά τινος” Pl.Men.77b; “ἐμὲ π. ποιούμενος” Id.Ap. 23b; “παραδείγμασι χρῆσθαι” Th.3.10; π. χρῆσθαί τινι copy one's example, And.4.22; “τοῖς γεγενημένοις π. χρῆσθαι” Lys.25.23; “π. ἐξοίσετε” Din. 1.107; “π. καταλείπεσθαι” Lycurg.9; “δοῦναι παραδείγματα” Pl.Lg.876e; ἐπὶ παραδείγματος by way of example, Aeschin.1.177; “παραδείγματος εἵνεκα” Lys.22.20; “παραδείγματα ἁμαρτημάτων” And.3.32.
b. sample, παραδείγματα νεκρῶν ξύλινα samples of mummies made of wood, Hdt. 2.86, cf. PSI5.485 (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen.445.9, 665.2 (iii B. C.).
3. lesson, warning, “ἔχοντες παραδείγματα τῶν ἐκεῖ Ἑλλήνων” Th.6.77; “τὸ σὸν π. ἔχων” S.OT1193 (lyr.); “τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔσται π. ὕβρεως” Ar. Th.670 (anap.); “π. καθιστάναι” Th.3.40; “ζῶντά τινα τοῖς λοιποῖς π. ποιῆσαι” D.19.101, cf. 343, 21.98; “π. τοὺς Σύρους λαβέ” Men. 544.1; “π. τοῦ μὴ ἀδικεῖν” Lys.27.5.
4. argument, proof from example, Th.1.2, etc., cf. Arist.APr.68b38, Rh.1356b3, 1402b14, 1418a3, Zeno Stoic.1.23; including παραβολή and λόγος, Arist.Rh.1393a 27.
5. in Law, leading case, precedent, Wilcken Chr.27.5 (ii A. D.).
