ὑπόδειγμα

ὑπόδειγ-μα, ατος, τό,

• sign, token, indication, v.l. in X. Eq. 2.2 (pl.); φιλαγαθίας IG 2(2).1011.81.
• • • 2 illustration, picture showing how something is to be done, Apollon.Cit. 2, 3.
  • II pattern, Plb. 3.17.8; μετανοίας LXX Si. 44.16, cf. 2 Ma. 6.28; ὑ. καὶ σκιά Ep.Hebr. 8.5, cf. 9.23; τὸ ὑ. τοῦ οἴκου LXX Ez. 42.15: in Inscrr., πρὸς ὑπόδειγμα ἀρετῆς CIG 2769,2774,2775d (add.), al. (Aphrodisias); καλὸν ὑ. τῆς ἰδίας προαιρέσεως καταβαλλόμενος BMus.Inscr. 925b22 (Branchidae, i B. C.): but also ὑ. ἀπειθίας BGU 747 ii 14 (ii A. D.); ὑ. μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν 2 Ep.Pet. 2.6.
  • III example, instance, AP 6.342, Ph. Bel. 69.10, D.H. Comp. 17, Hp. Ep. 17, Herm. in Phdr. p.185 A.; ὑποδείγματος χάριν Nicom. Ar. 1.8; specimen, BGU 1141.43 (i B. C.), etc.: pl., Phld. Rh. 1.8 S., al.:—rejected as less correct than παράδειγμα by the Atticists, Phryn. 4.