specimen
specimen
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P. and V. δεῖγμα, τό, πᾰρά̆δειγμα, τό, P. ἐπίδειγμα, τό.
Give a specimen of: Ar. and P. ἐπῐδεικνύ̆ναι (or mid.) (acc.).
You gave a specimen of your valour: P. ἔδωκας σαυτοῦ πεῖραν ἀρετῆς (Plat. Lach. 189b).
subs.
P. and V. δεῖγμα, τό, πᾰρά̆δειγμα, τό, P. ἐπίδειγμα, τό.
Give a specimen of: Ar. and P. ἐπῐδεικνύ̆ναι (or mid.) (acc.).
You gave a specimen of your valour: P. ἔδωκας σαυτοῦ πεῖραν ἀρετῆς (Plat. Lach. 189b).
SPECIMEN
(artis) specimen (exhibited in order that one may judge): documentum (especially as an example or pattern from which one may copy): exemplum (an example sample): experimentum (by way of proofs or trial). To give a specimen (artis) specimen dare edere (after Cic.) ostendere (Liv.).
(artis) specimen (exhibited in order that one may judge): documentum (especially as an example or pattern from which one may copy): exemplum (an example sample): experimentum (by way of proofs or trial). To give a specimen (artis) specimen dare edere (after Cic.) ostendere (Liv.).
specimen: exemplum (sample to judge from): the following will suffice by way of s., haec exempli gratia sufficient, Quint. 9. 2, 56: so, in exemplum pauca subjicere, Suet. Tib. 21. (Not specimen in this sense: specimen dare is to furnish proof, give practical demonstration of something: Cic. Div. Verr. 8, 27.) See also PROOF . Phr.: learn what they all are from a single s., ex uno disce omnes, Virg.