example
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
example (to follow or avoid): P. and V. παράδειγμα, τό.
warning: P. and V. ἐπίδειξις, ἡ.
specimen: P. and V. δεῖγμα, τό, παράδειγμα, τό. P. ἐπίδειγμα, τό; see specimen.
follow a person's example: P. ἀκολουθεῖν (dat. of pers.) (Dem. 461).
make an example of a person: P. παράδειγμα ποιεῖν τινά (Dem. 767), παράδειγμα καθιστάναι (τινά) (Thuc. 3, 40).
set an example: P. παράδειγμα διδόναι.
for example: Ar. and P. αὐτίκα.
I must not spurn the example of my lord: V. ἐμοί τε μίμημ' ἀνδρὸς οὐκ ἀπωστέον (Euripides, Hercules Furens 294).
