παράδειγμα παράδειγμα, ατος, τό, παραδείκνυμι a pattern or model of the thing to be executed, Lat. exemplar, an architectʼs plan, Hdt.; a sculptorʼs or painterʼs model, Plat. a precedent, example, Thuc., Plat.; ἐπὶ παραδείγματος by way of example, Aeschin. an example, i. e. a lesson or warning, π. ἔχειν τινός to take a lesson from another, Thuc.; τὸ σὸν π. ἔχων Soph.; ζῶντά τινα τοῖς λοιποῖς π. ποιεῖν Dem. an argument, proof from example, Thuc. the model or copy of an existing thing, Hdt.