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”, supine stem in exēmpt-), perhaps from earlier *exemptlum, from eximō + an allomorph of *-klom (Latin -culum) or syncopated from *exemptulum, from exēmptum +‎ -ulum. Compare templum, and saeclum. === 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 === “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.