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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παραδείκνυμι (paradeíknumi, “I show, compare”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.rá.deːŋ.ma/ → /paˈra.ðiɣ.ma/ → /paˈra.ðiɣ.ma/
Noun
πᾰρᾰ́δειγμᾰ • (părắdeigmă) n (genitive πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτος); third declension
- pattern, model, plan, paradigm
- precedent, example
- lesson, warning
- argument, proof from example
- foil, contrast
- (grammar) paradigm
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
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.
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈɾa.ðiɣ.ma/
- Hyphenation: πα‧ρά‧δειγ‧μα
- Old Hyphenation: πα‧ρά‧δει‧γμα
Noun
παράδειγμα • (parádeigma) n (plural παραδείγματα)
- example, instance
- paradigm
- warning
Declension
Further reading