Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 639.exemplum on page 639
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exemplum example
exemplum is a Latin Noun that primarily means example.
Definitions for exemplum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
example, model
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A (concrete) example, sample, specimen. (b) a specimen of conduct, etc.
- 2
A typical example, instance (adduced for the purpose of illustration, comparison, etc.); ~i causa, gratia, loco, for, or by way of, example. (b) (used to prove or support an argument). (c) (pl., as the title of a literary work).
- 3
A warning example, deterrent. (b) an exemplary punishment.
Sentences with exemplum
Latin to English
Sine auctore vero propositi libelli nullo crimine locum habent debere. Nam et pessimi exempli, nec nostri saeculi est. (Traianus Plinio)Compare Information without the accuser's name subscribed must not be admitted in evidence against anyone, as it is introducing a very dangerous precedent, and by no mean agreeable to the spirit of the age. [Trajan to Pliny, on Christians]
Habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos utilitate publica rependitur.Compare There is some injustice in every great precedent, which, though injurious to individuals, has its compensation in the public advantage.
Componitur orbis regis ad exemplum, nec sic inflectere sensus humanos edicta valent quam vita regentis: mobile mutatur semper principe vulgus.Compare The world shapes itself after its ruler's pattern, nor can edicts sway men's minds so much as their monarch's life; the unstable crowd ever changes along with the prince.
Quid mirum, noscere mundum si possunt homines, quibus est et mundus in ipsis, exemplumque dei quisque est in imagine parva?Compare Who can wonder that the world is known so well by man, since himself is one? The same composure in his form is shewed, and man's the little image of the God.
Exemplum insignis cerno mutatio res humanus.Compare You behold a striking example of the revolution of human affairs.
Delecto Duillius, a cena rediens, creber funale et tibicen, qui sui nullus exemplum privatus sumo.Compare Duillius, when returning from supper, used to delight in many torches and a flute player, which he, as a private individual, had assumed without any precedent.
Novi iste homo forma res publica, ius bellum, exemplum maiores?Compare Do these men know the constitution of the republic, the laws of war, the examples of our ancestors?
Declension table for exemplum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | exemplum | exempla |
| Gen. | exemplī | exemplōrum |
| Dat. | exemplō | exemplīs |
| Acc. | exemplum | exempla |
| Abl. | exemplō | exemplīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 476.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 639.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "exemplum, exemplī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/exemplum-exempli.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 476.on page 476
