παράδειγμα

Etymology

From παραδείκνυμι (paradeíknumi, “I show, compare”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

Noun

πᾰρᾰ́δειγμᾰ • (parádeigma) n (genitive πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτος); third declension

1. pattern, model, plan, paradigm
2. precedent, example
3. lesson, warning
4. argument, proof from example
5. foil, contrast
6. (grammar) paradigm

Further reading

• παράδειγμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παράδειγμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παράδειγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beau-ideal idem, page 68.
  • earnest idem, page 259.
  • embodiment idem, page 267.
  • example idem, page 287.
  • exhibition idem, page 291.
  • ideal idem, page 413.
  • illustration idem, page 416.
  • indication idem, page 432.
  • instance idem, page 446.
  • lesson idem, page 485.
  • model idem, page 537.
  • monument idem, page 539.
  • moral idem, page 540.
  • paragon idem, page 591.
  • pattern idem, page 599.
  • point idem, page 623.
  • precedent idem, page 634.
  • proof idem, page 653.
  • prototype idem, page 653.
  • sample idem, page 733.
  • specimen idem, page 799.
  • type idem, page 904.
  • warning idem, page 964.

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).

Noun

παράδειγμα • (parádeigma) n (plural παραδείγματα)

1. example, instance
2. paradigm
3. warning