example
From LSJ
βορβόρῳ δ' ὕδωρ λαμπρὸν μιαίνων οὔποθ' εὑρήσεις ποτόν → once limpid waters are stained with mud, you'll never find a drink
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).
