παράδειγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παραδείκνυμι (paradeíknumi, “I show, compare”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rá.deːŋ.ma/ → /paˈra.ðiɣ.ma/ → /paˈra.ðiɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rá.deːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈra.diɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ðiɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ðiɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ðiɣ.ma/

Noun

πᾰρᾰ́δειγμᾰ • (parádeigma) n (genitive πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτος); third declension

1. pattern, model, plan, paradigm
2. precedent, example
3. lesson, warning
4. argument, proof from example
5. foil, contrast
6. (grammar) paradigm

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πᾰρᾰ́δειγμᾰ; τοῦ πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πᾰρᾰ́δειγμᾰ tò parádeigma	τὼ πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτε tṑ paradeígmate	τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτᾰ tà paradeígmata
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτος toû paradeígmatos	τοῖν πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰ́τοιν toîn paradeigmátoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰ́των tôn paradeigmátōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτῐ tôi paradeígmati	τοῖν πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰ́τοιν toîn paradeigmátoin	τοῖς πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰσῐ / πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰσῐν toîs paradeígmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πᾰρᾰ́δειγμᾰ tò parádeigma	τὼ πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτε tṑ paradeígmate	τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτᾰ tà paradeígmata
Vocative	πᾰρᾰ́δειγμᾰ parádeigma	πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτε paradeígmate	πᾰρᾰδείγμᾰτᾰ paradeígmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: paradigm
• → French: paradigme
• Greek: παράδειγμα (parádeigma)
• Russian: паради́гма f (paradígma)

Further reading

• “παράδειγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παράδειγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παράδειγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beau-ideal idem, page 68.
  • earnest idem, page 259.
  • embodiment idem, page 267.
  • example idem, page 287.
  • exhibition idem, page 291.
  • ideal idem, page 413.
  • illustration idem, page 416.
  • indication idem, page 432.
  • instance idem, page 446.
  • lesson idem, page 485.
  • model idem, page 537.
  • monument idem, page 539.
  • moral idem, page 540.
  • paragon idem, page 591.
  • pattern idem, page 599.
  • point idem, page 623.
  • precedent idem, page 634.
  • proof idem, page 653.
  • prototype idem, page 653.
  • sample idem, page 733.
  • specimen idem, page 799.
  • type idem, page 904.
  • warning idem, page 964.

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).

Noun

παράδειγμα • (parádeigma) n (plural παραδείγματα)

1. example, instance
2. paradigm
3. warning

Declension

Declension of παράδειγμα

	singular	plural
nominative	παράδειγμα •	παραδείγματα •
genitive	παραδείγματος •	παραδειγμάτων •
accusative	παράδειγμα •	παραδείγματα •
vocative	παράδειγμα •	παραδείγματα •

Derived terms

• παραδείγματος χάριν (paradeígmatos chárin)