I.a pattern or model of the thing to be executed, Lat. exemplar, an architect's plan, Hdt.; a sculptor's or painter's model, Plat.
2.a precedent, example, Thuc., Plat.; ἐπὶ παραδείγματος by way of example, Aeschin.
3.an example, i. e. a lesson or warning, π. ἔχειν τινός to take a lesson from another, Thuc.; τὸ σὸν π. ἔχων Soph.; ζῶντά τινα τοῖς λοιποῖς π. ποιεῖν Dem.
4.an argument, proof from example, Thuc.
II.the model or copy of an existing thing, Hdt.
