1. a pattern or model of the thing to be executed, Lat. exemplar, an architect's plan , (Herdotus Historicus); a sculptor's or painter's model , (Plato Philosophus)

2. a precedent, example , (Thucydides); ἐπὶ παραδείγματος by way of example , (Aeschines Orator)

3. an example , i. e. a lesson or warning , π. ἔχειν τινός to take a lesson from another, (Thucydides); τὸ σὸν π. ἔχων (Sophocles Tragicus); ζῶντά τινα τοῖς λοιποῖς π. ποιεῖν (Demosthenes Orator)

4. an argument, proof from example , (Thucydides)

5. the model or copy of an existing thing, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)