Liddell-Scott-Jones

παράδειγμα (paradeigma) a model ^G:N-N

παράδειγμα-μα, ατος, τό,

(παραδείκνυμι) pattern, model: of an architect's model (or perhaps plan) of a building, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a sculptor's or painter's model, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the divine exemplars after which earthly things are made, ἐν οὐρανῷ ἴσως π. ἀνάκειται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Platonic ideas, opposed to εἰκών, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (later, copy, Πλάτων τὸν ὁρατὸν κόσμον γεγονέναι π. τοῦ νοητοῦ κόσμου [Refs]

__2 precedent, example, παραδείγματα λαβεῖν παρά τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. χρῆσθαί τινι copy one's example, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ παραδείγματος by way of example, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b sample, παραδείγματα νεκρῶν ξύλινα samples of mummies made of wood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 lesson, warning, ἔχοντες παραδείγματα τῶν ἐκεῖ Ἑλλήνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 argument, proof from example, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; including παραβολή and λόγος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 in Law, leading case, precedent, Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II foil, contrast, τὰ γὰρ κακὰ π. τοῖς ἐσθλοῖσιν εἴσοψίν τ᾽ ἔχει [Refs 5th c.BC+]