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exempla

exempla is a Latin form of exemplum, meaning “example, model, pattern; precedent; warning, punishment as an example; copy”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun or nominative plural neuter noun.

Found 348 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.31.12: … ad Magetobrigam, superbe et crudeliter imperare, obsides nobilissimi cuiusque liberos poscere et in eos omnia exempla cruciatusque edere, si qua res non ad nutum aut ad voluntatem eius facta sit.

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 9.77.14: Exempla nunc magnorum virorum me tibi iudicas relaturum? Puerorum referam. Lacon ille memoriae traditur inpubis adhuc …

All forms of exemplum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.