example

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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).