archetypos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →archetypus, archetypa, archetypum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
first made; genuine; original; in the author's hand/autograph; taken from life;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...LXIX Sic tanquam tabulas scyphosque, Paule, Omnes archetypos habes amicos. LXX Lintea ferret Apro vatius cum vernula nuper..."- G
Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...nisi in peius effingunt, ita ego ab hoc archetypo labor et decido. Quo magis hortor, ut quam plurima..."