type

type
subs.
Sign, badge: P. and V. σύμβολον, τό, σημεῖον, τό ; see sign.
Similitude: P. and V. εἰκών, ἡ.
Model, outline: P. τύπος, ὁ.
Class, kind: P. and V. γένος, τό, εἶδος, τό, ἰ̄δέα, ἡ.
Example: P. and V. πᾰρά̆δειγμα, τό ; see example.

TYPE

Model exemplum: forma.

Acted prophecy imago rerum futurarum (Lactantius): alicujus rei significatio (e.g. lignum sanguine delibutum crucis significatio est; Lactantius De Ver. Sap. 30): figura (e.g. passionis; id. ib.).

Coll. Metal printing letters litterarum formae (☞ Cic. N.D. 2 37 93): *typi (technical term).

Coll. Printed letters litterae plur.; characteres plur. In large type maximis litteris.

type:

I. Original model:

1. exemplar, āris, n.: Cic.

2. exemplum: v. MODEL.

3. forma: v. PATTERN.

II. Embodied or acted prophecy:

1. imago rerum futurarum, Lactant.

2. signĭfĭcātio. id.

3. fĭgūra id.

III. Metal printing letters:

1. *ty̆pi (t. t.).

2. literarum formae, cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 93.

IV. Printed letters:

1. lītĕrae, pl.: in large t., *maximis literis.

2. chăractēres, pl.: v. CHARACTERS.