出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/05/05 01:35 UTC 版)
Ultimately from eximō (“to take out, take away”), itself from ex + emō. Hypothesized to go back to *exem-lom, with epenthesis turning *-ml- into -mpl-; another possible example of this change is amplus. However, Leumann 1977 argues the use of voiceless -p- rather than voiced -b- as the epenthetic consonant is unusual, and suggests it may have been influenced somehow by exēmptus. Compare templum.
Possibly compare also instrument nouns ending in -ulum, such as capulum, dēcipulum, speculum. It is debated whether the ending in these comes from pre-Latin *-elom, the neuter form of the agent noun suffix *-elos (Classical Latin -ulus), or from the Proto-Indo-European instrument noun suffix *-tlom (which normally became Latin -culum, but which may have alternatively developed to -ulum after stop consonants).
exemplum n (genitive exemplī); second declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | exemplum | exempla |
| genitive | exemplī | exemplōrum |
| dative | exemplō | exemplīs |
| accusative | exemplum | exempla |
| ablative | exemplō | exemplīs |
| vocative | exemplum | exempla |
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出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/02/21 20:37 UTC 版)
An exemplum (Latin for "example", pl. exempla, exempli gratia = "for example", abbr.: e.g.) is a moral anecdote, brief or extended, real or fictitious, used to illustrate a point.