exemplum

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) a sample, example
2. (declension-2, neuter) a warning example, deterrent
3. (declension-2, neuter) torture, exemplary penalty, chastisement
4. (declension-2, neuter) deed, memorable circumstance
5. (declension-2, neuter) precedent, case, custom
6. (declension-2, neuter) depiction, paint
7. (declension-2, neuter) confrontation, comparison
8. (declension-2, neuter) a copy or transcript

Concepts

example

sample

model

pattern

mirror

🪞

specimen

text

Synonyms

exemplar

oratio contexta

exempoator

documentum

verba

Translations

exemple

exemplo

exemple

Beispiel

örnek

ejemplo

esempio

voorbeeld

παράδειγμα

نمونه

ejemplar

exemple

Muster

model

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɛkˈsɛm.pɫũː]

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.