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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δεῖγμα]], τό, [[παράδειγμα]], τό, [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπίδειγμα]], τό.

[[give a specimen of]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιδεικνύναι]] (or mid.) (acc.).

[[you gave a specimen of your valour]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἔδωκας σαυτοῦ πεῖραν ἀρετῆς]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Laches]]'' 189B).
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>spĕcĭmen</b>: ĭnis, n. id., [[that]] by [[which]] a [[thing]] is [[seen]], [[known]], or recognized.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[mark]], token, [[proof]], [[example]], [[indication]], [[evidence]], [[sign]] ([[class]].; used [[only]] in sing.; cf.: [[exemplum]], [[exemplar]]): [[nunc]] [[specimen]] specitur, [[nunc]] [[certamen]] cernitur, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 2, 15: tum Specimen cernitur, quo eveniat [[aedificatio]], id. Most. 1, 2, 52: hoc [[specimen]] [[verum]] esse videtur, Quam celeri motu rerum simulacra ferantur, Lucr. 4, 209: ingenii [[specimen]] est quoddam transilire [[ante]] [[pedes]] posita, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160: ingenii, ingenui hominis, id. Fragm. Pis. 1, 2: [[popularis]] judicii, id. Brut. 50, 188: eximium consilii [[specimen]], Liv. 8, 7, 18: anticum [[specimen]] animorum, id. 38, 17, 20: securitatis, Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 196: Solis avi, Verg. A. 12, 164: [[tellus]] Tale dabit [[specimen]], id. G. 2, 241: matris Horae, Val. Fl. 6, 57: [[specimen]] [[dare]] alicui in aliquā re, to [[furnish]] [[proof]], Cic. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27; cf.: Romanae fidei [[specimen]] gentibus [[dare]], Liv. 38, 58, 6; 25, 36, 16: virtutis, id. 5, 26, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.: ad [[specimen]] virtutis ostendendum, id. 28, 21, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[pattern]], [[model]], [[example]], [[ideal]] (so a favorite [[word]] [[with]] Cic.): [[specimen]] sationis et insitionis [[origo]] Ipsa fuit Natura, Lucr. 5, 1361; cf. id. 5, 186: [[specimen]] humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55: temperantiae prudentiaeque [[specimen]] est Q. [[Scaevola]], id. N. D. 3, 32, 80: innocentiae, id. Pis. 39, 95: is [[ordo]] ceteris [[specimen]] esto, id. Leg. 3, 3, 10: num dubitas, [[quin]] [[specimen]] naturae capi deceat ex optumā quāque naturā? id. Tusc. 1, 14, 32: unicum antiquitatis [[specimen]], Tac. A. 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> An [[ornament]], [[honor]]: antiquum imperii, Sen. Thyest. 223: egregium, id. Phoen. 80: summum, Amm. 23, 6, 23: [[tibi]] [[specimen]] gloriosum arrogaris, App. M. 1, p. 112 fin.>
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>spĕcĭmen</b>,¹¹ ĭnis, n. ([[specio]]),<br /><b>1</b> preuve, [[indice]], exemple, échantillon : ingenii [[specimen]] [[est]] transilire... Cic. de Or. 3, 160, c’[[est]] une preuve d’imagination que de franchir d’un bond... ; in [[aliqua]] re [[specimen]] aliquod dare Cic. Cæcil. 27, donner en qqch. un échantillon de son savoir-faire ; Solis [[specimen]] Virg. En. 12, 164, image, symbole, emblème du Soleil<br /><b>2</b> exemplaire, modèle, idéal, type : prudentiæ [[specimen]] [[est]] Scævola Cic. Nat. 3, 80, Scævola [[est]] un modèle de prudence, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 55 ; Pis. 95, etc.; [[specimen]] naturæ ex optima [[quaque]] [[natura]] capere Cic. Tusc. 1, 32, prendre l’exemplaire (le type) d’un être dans ceux de ces êtres qui sont le [[plus]] parfaits. employé seul<sup>t</sup> au sing.
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{{Georges
|georg=specimen, inis, n. ([[specio]]), I) das [[Kennzeichen]], die [[Probe]], das [[Beispiel]], die [[Gewähr]] ([[überall]] [[nur]] im Sing.): Solis avi, Verg.: animorum, Liv.: ingenii, Cic.: [[qua]] in re [[non]] [[modo]] ceteris [[specimen]] aliquod dedisti, [[sed]] [[tute]] tui [[periculum]] fecisti, Cic.: [[specimen]] iustitiae temperantiaeque [[primus]] dederat, Liv.: [[saepe]] [[eum]] in [[Hispania]] rarae [[inter]] homines virtutis [[specimen]] dedisse sociis [[pariter]] hostibusque, Liv. – II) übtr., [[was]] anderen zum [[Beispiel]] dient, [[Muster]], [[Beispiel]] [[als]] [[Muster]], [[Musterbild]], [[Ideal]], sationis, Lucr.: prudentiae, Cic.: partium, [[Vorbild]] der [[Partei]], Tac.: servare antiquum [[specimen]] animarum, Liv.: [[illud]] [[num]] dubitas, [[quin]] [[specimen]] naturae capi debeat ex optima [[quaque]] [[natura]], Cic.: [[quom]] [[tute]] speculo es [[specimen]] maximum, Plaut. – III) die [[Zierde]], der [[Schmuck]], der [[Glanz]], sp. antiquum imperii, Sen. Thyest. 223: sp. egregium, Sen. Phoen. (Oedipi fr.) 80: sp. [[summum]], Amm. 23, 6, 23: [[tibi]] [[specimen]] gloriosum arrogaris, wirst dir [[viel]] [[Ehre]] [[machen]], Apul. [[met]]. 1, 23. – / Nur im Sing. [[gebräuchlich]].
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|lnetxt=specimen speciminis N N :: mark, proof; idea; model
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