exemplum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of example and sample. === Noun === exemplum (plural exempla) An example. A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable. ==== Related terms ==== exemplum virtutis == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛɡzɛmplum] === Noun === exemplum n (literary) a story demonstrating a moral point ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “exemplum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Latin == === Etymology === Ultimately from eximō (“to take out, take away”), itself from ex +‎ emō. Hypothesized to go back to *exem-lom, with epenthesis turning *-ml- into -mpl-; another possible example of this change is amplus. However, Leumann 1977 argues the use of voiceless -p- rather than voiced -b- as the epenthetic consonant is unusual, and suggests it may have been influenced somehow by exēmptus. Compare templum. Possibly compare also instrument nouns ending in -ulum, such as capulum, dēcipulum, speculum. It is debated whether the ending in these comes from pre-Latin *-elom, the neuter form of the agent noun suffix *-elos (Classical Latin -ulus), or from the Proto-Indo-European instrument noun suffix *-tlom (which normally became Latin -culum, but which may have alternatively developed to -ulum after stop consonants). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈsɛm.pɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eɡˈzɛm.plum] === Noun === exemplum n (genitive exemplī); second declension a sample, example (in particular) a warning example, deterrent Synonyms: documentum, monitus esse in exemplō ― to serve as a warning torture, exemplary penalty, chastisement Synonyms: cruciātus, pūnītiō, mercēs, poena, supplicium, sanctio, vindicātiō, pretium, animadversus, malum deed, memorable circumstance precedent, case, custom Synonyms: mos, solitum, usus depiction, paint confrontation, comparison a copy or transcript ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Borrowings: === References === === Further reading === “exemplum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press exemplum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “exemplum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "exemplum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “exemplum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.