"exemplum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: exempla [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of example and sample. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|exemplum||example}} Latin exemplum (“example”), {{doublet|en|example|sample}} Doublet of example and sample Head templates: {{en-noun|exempla}} exemplum (plural exempla)
  1. An example.
    Sense id: en-exemplum-en-noun-Je1RmCXi
  2. A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable.
    Sense id: en-exemplum-en-noun-JPJkQN5E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 38 5 4 19 5 17 1 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 43 3 3 20 3 21 1 1 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: exemplum virtutis

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ekˈsem.plum/ [Classical-Latin], [ɛkˈs̠ɛmpɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /ekˈsem.plum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [eɡˈzɛmplum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Similar formation as exēmptus, perfect passive participle of eximō (“take out, take away”) Head templates: {{la-noun|exemplum<2>}} exemplum n (genitive exemplī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|exemplum<2>}} Forms: exemplī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], exemplum [nominative, singular], exempla [nominative, plural], exemplī [genitive, singular], exemplōrum [genitive, plural], exemplō [dative, singular], exemplīs [dative, plural], exemplum [accusative, singular], exempla [accusative, plural], exemplō [ablative, singular], exemplīs [ablative, plural], exemplum [singular, vocative], exempla [plural, vocative]
  1. a sample, example Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-exemplum-la-noun-vJxVvZND Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 33 5 32 1 2 11 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15
  2. (in particular) a warning example, deterrent Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: documentum, monitus
    Sense id: en-exemplum-la-noun-yoR00bv1 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15
  3. torture, exemplary penalty, chastisement Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: cruciātus, pūnītiō, mercēs, poena, supplicium, sanctio, vindicātiō, pretium, animadversus, malum
    Sense id: en-exemplum-la-noun-gD6IE60k Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 33 5 32 1 2 11 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15
  4. deed, memorable circumstance Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-exemplum-la-noun-lt-Bz0zs
  5. precedent, case, custom Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: mos, solitum, usus
    Sense id: en-exemplum-la-noun-0I1IwDKQ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 33 5 32 1 2 11 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15
  6. depiction, paint Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-exemplum-la-noun-HjXZ72bI
  7. confrontation, comparison Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-exemplum-la-noun-IqKdLVOZ Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15
  8. a copy or transcript Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-exemplum-la-noun-kDeJgyH9 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 33 5 32 1 2 11 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: exemplar, exemplāris, exemplō, exemplī causā, exemplī grātiā abbreviated (english: e.g.), exemplī locō

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "exemplum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "example"
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      "expansion": "Latin exemplum (“example”)",
      "name": "bor"
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      "expansion": "Doublet of example and sample",
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of example and sample.",
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        "plural"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "An example."
      ],
      "id": "en-exemplum-en-noun-Je1RmCXi",
      "links": [
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          "example",
          "example"
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        {
          "_dis": "5 38 5 4 19 5 17 1 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis": "3 43 3 3 20 3 21 1 1 3",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 90:",
          "text": "In the Middle Ages preachers had enlivened their sermons with exempla – edifying tales of judgements upon sinners and mercies shown to the pious.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "exemplar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "exemplō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "exemplī causā"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "e.g.",
      "word": "exemplī grātiā abbreviated"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "exemplī locō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scempio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: scempio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: scempio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "scempru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: scempru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: scempru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "shembull",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: shembull",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: shembull"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "Xämpeli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Alemannic German: Xämpeli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Alemannic German: Xämpeli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "eixemplo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aragonese: eixemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aragonese: eixemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "exemple",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: exemple",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: exemple"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "esempli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: esempli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: esempli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "exempel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: exempel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: exempel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Exempel"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Exempel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Exempel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "esempio",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: esempio (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: esempio (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "exemple",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: exemple",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: exemple"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "essainple",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: essainple, essample, ensaumple, example",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: essainple, essample, ensaumple, example (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "exemplo",
            "3": "eixemplo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: exemplo, eixemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: exemplo, eixemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "exemplo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: exemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: exemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "exemplo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: exemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: exemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "enshemplo",
            "3": "egzempyo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ladino: enshemplo, egzempyo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ladino: enshemplo, egzempyo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "exempel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: exempel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: exempel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "exemplu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: exemplu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: exemplu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "asempiu",
            "3": "esempiu",
            "4": "isempiu",
            "5": "sempiu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: asempiu, esempiu, isempiu, sempiu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "italianized"
          },
          "expansion": "(italianized)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: asempiu, esempiu, isempiu, sempiu (italianized)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "ejemplo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: ejemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: ejemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "exempel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: exempel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: exempel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "exenpio",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Venetian: exenpio (semi-learned)\n→ Cimbrian: ezèmpien",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Venetian: exenpio (semi-learned)\n→ Cimbrian: ezèmpien"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "esiampl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: esiampl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: esiampl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Similar formation as exēmptus, perfect passive participle of eximō (“take out, take away”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "exemplī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exempla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exempla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exempla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "exemplum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "exemplum n (genitive exemplī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "exemplum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 4 33 5 32 1 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a sample, example"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sample",
          "sample"
        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to serve as a warning",
          "text": "esse in exemplō",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a warning example, deterrent"
      ],
      "id": "en-exemplum-la-noun-yoR00bv1",
      "links": [
        [
          "warning",
          "warning"
        ],
        [
          "deterrent",
          "deterrent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in particular) a warning example, deterrent"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in particular"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "documentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "monitus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 4 33 5 32 1 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "torture, exemplary penalty, chastisement"
      ],
      "id": "en-exemplum-la-noun-gD6IE60k",
      "links": [
        [
          "torture",
          "torture"
        ],
        [
          "exemplary",
          "exemplary"
        ],
        [
          "penalty",
          "penalty"
        ],
        [
          "chastisement",
          "chastisement"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cruciātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "pūnītiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "mercēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "poena"
        },
        {
          "word": "supplicium"
        },
        {
          "word": "sanctio"
        },
        {
          "word": "vindicātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "pretium"
        },
        {
          "word": "animadversus"
        },
        {
          "word": "malum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "deed, memorable circumstance"
      ],
      "id": "en-exemplum-la-noun-lt-Bz0zs",
      "links": [
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ],
        [
          "memorable",
          "memorable"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 4 33 5 32 1 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "precedent, case, custom"
      ],
      "id": "en-exemplum-la-noun-0I1IwDKQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "precedent",
          "precedent"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "custom",
          "custom"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mos"
        },
        {
          "word": "solitum"
        },
        {
          "word": "usus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "depiction, paint"
      ],
      "id": "en-exemplum-la-noun-HjXZ72bI",
      "links": [
        [
          "depiction",
          "depiction"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "confrontation, comparison"
      ],
      "id": "en-exemplum-la-noun-IqKdLVOZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ],
        [
          "comparison",
          "comparison"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 4 33 5 32 1 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 12 10 10 5 16 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a copy or transcript"
      ],
      "id": "en-exemplum-la-noun-kDeJgyH9",
      "links": [
        [
          "transcript",
          "transcript"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ekˈsem.plum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛkˈs̠ɛmpɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ekˈsem.plum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eɡˈzɛmplum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exemplum"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "exemplum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "example"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin exemplum (“example”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "example",
        "3": "sample"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of example and sample",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of example and sample.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "exempla",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "exempla"
      },
      "expansion": "exemplum (plural exempla)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "exemplum virtutis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An example."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 90:",
          "text": "In the Middle Ages preachers had enlivened their sermons with exempla – edifying tales of judgements upon sinners and mercies shown to the pious.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parable",
          "parable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "exemplum"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "exemplar"
    },
    {
      "word": "exemplāris"
    },
    {
      "word": "exemplō"
    },
    {
      "word": "exemplī causā"
    },
    {
      "english": "e.g.",
      "word": "exemplī grātiā abbreviated"
    },
    {
      "word": "exemplī locō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scempio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: scempio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: scempio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "scempru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: scempru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: scempru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "shembull",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: shembull",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: shembull"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "Xämpeli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Alemannic German: Xämpeli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Alemannic German: Xämpeli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "eixemplo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aragonese: eixemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aragonese: eixemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "exemple",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: exemple",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: exemple"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "esempli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: esempli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: esempli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "exempel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: exempel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: exempel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Exempel"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Exempel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Exempel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "esempio",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: esempio (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: esempio (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "exemple",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: exemple",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: exemple"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "essainple",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: essainple, essample, ensaumple, example",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: essainple, essample, ensaumple, example (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "exemplo",
            "3": "eixemplo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: exemplo, eixemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: exemplo, eixemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "exemplo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: exemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: exemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "exemplo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: exemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: exemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "enshemplo",
            "3": "egzempyo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ladino: enshemplo, egzempyo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ladino: enshemplo, egzempyo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "exempel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: exempel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: exempel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "exemplu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: exemplu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: exemplu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "asempiu",
            "3": "esempiu",
            "4": "isempiu",
            "5": "sempiu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: asempiu, esempiu, isempiu, sempiu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "italianized"
          },
          "expansion": "(italianized)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: asempiu, esempiu, isempiu, sempiu (italianized)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "ejemplo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: ejemplo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: ejemplo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "exempel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: exempel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: exempel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "exenpio",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Venetian: exenpio (semi-learned)\n→ Cimbrian: ezèmpien",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Venetian: exenpio (semi-learned)\n→ Cimbrian: ezèmpien"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "esiampl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: esiampl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: esiampl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Similar formation as exēmptus, perfect passive participle of eximō (“take out, take away”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "exemplī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exempla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exempla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exemplum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "exempla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "exemplum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "exemplum n (genitive exemplī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "exemplum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sample, example"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sample",
          "sample"
        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to serve as a warning",
          "text": "esse in exemplō",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a warning example, deterrent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "warning",
          "warning"
        ],
        [
          "deterrent",
          "deterrent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in particular) a warning example, deterrent"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in particular"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "documentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "monitus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "torture, exemplary penalty, chastisement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torture",
          "torture"
        ],
        [
          "exemplary",
          "exemplary"
        ],
        [
          "penalty",
          "penalty"
        ],
        [
          "chastisement",
          "chastisement"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cruciātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "pūnītiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "mercēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "poena"
        },
        {
          "word": "supplicium"
        },
        {
          "word": "sanctio"
        },
        {
          "word": "vindicātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "pretium"
        },
        {
          "word": "animadversus"
        },
        {
          "word": "malum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "deed, memorable circumstance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ],
        [
          "memorable",
          "memorable"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "precedent, case, custom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "precedent",
          "precedent"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "custom",
          "custom"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mos"
        },
        {
          "word": "solitum"
        },
        {
          "word": "usus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "depiction, paint"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depiction",
          "depiction"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "confrontation, comparison"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ],
        [
          "comparison",
          "comparison"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a copy or transcript"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transcript",
          "transcript"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ekˈsem.plum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛkˈs̠ɛmpɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ekˈsem.plum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eɡˈzɛmplum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exemplum"
}

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