ὑποτύπωσις

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], εως, ἡ,

   A sketch, outline, Str.2.5.18, Ph.2.12, Anon. Lond.7.17, Hermog.Prog.6, Poll.7.128; ὑ. ἕνεκα συγγράμματος draft for a book, Gal.15.760; as Empiric term, Id.8.709, al.; opp. ἐξεργασία, Plot.6.3.7; ὑπογραφάς τε καὶ ὑποτυπώσεις, opp. ὅρους, Stoic.2.76: αἱ Ὑποτυπώσεις was the name given by Sextus Empiricus to his Outlines of the Pyrrhonic Philosophy, cf. D.L.9.78, Gal.Libr. Propr.Praef.: Proclus calls one of his works ἡ ὑ. τῶν ἀστρονομικῶν ὑποθέσεων, Hyp.7.50.    2 model, pattern, 1 Ep.Ti.1.16, 2 Ep.Ti.1.13; εἰς ὑποτύπωσιν ἀρετῶν Phld.Mus.p.77 K.    3 a Rhet. figure, by which a matter was vividly sketched in words, Quint.Inst.9.2.40.