ectype

From Ancient Greek ἔκτυπος (éktupos, “worked in relief”), from ἐκ- (ek-) +‎ τύπος (túpos).

ectype (plural ectypes)

1. An impression (in wax, clay, &c.) of a seal or medal.
   • 1697, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Of Inscriptions”, in Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. , London: Benj Tooke , →OCLC, page 196:

     Peireskius sent the Ectype of a Medal to Sir Robert Cotton, in which Britannia was with both a double and single N.

2. (architecture) An object in relievo or embossed.
3. (philosophy) A copy, reproduction; especially as contrasted with the original, archetype, or prototype.
   • 2001, Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review, numbers 170-172, page 30:

     If my account is correct, both archetypes and ectypes are 'real' insofar as they are composed of ideas of sensation. But I draw a distinction that Johnson does not acknowledge, viz., a distinction between ontological and epistemic ectypes.

   • 2004, Jean-Luc Marion, translated by James K. A. Smith, The Crossing of the Visible, page 38:

     The painting traces itself from itself by suddenly appearing in these ectypes. But the ectypes only mark the final accomplishment of this sudden appearance.

   • 2008, Ryan L. Showler, Archetypal and Ectypal Ideals in Kant's Practical Philosophy‎, page 51:

     It is likely that little attention has been paid to the archetype/ectype relationship in Kant scholarship in the English speaking world partly as a result of inconsistent translations of the German terms “Urbild” and “Nachbild” that make it difficult to even notice the relationship.

4. An idea or impression that corresponds to external reality.

• ectypal

• ectypography

ectype f (plural ectypes)

1. ectype

• “ectype”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.