_exemplum clarum, praeclarum_—a good,[1] brilliant example; a striking
example.
_exemplum luculentum_—a good, brilliant example; a striking example.
_exemplum illustre_—a good, brilliant example; a striking example.
_exemplum magnum, grande_—a weighty example, precedent.
_exemplum afferre_—to quote an example.
_exemplo uti_—to quote an example.
_aliquem (aliquid) exempli causa_[2] _ponere, proferre, nominare,
commemorare_—to cite a person or a thing as an example.
_aliquid exemplis probare, comprobare, confirmare_—to quote precedents
for a thing.
_aliquid exemplis ostendere_—to demonstrate by instances.
_exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria_ or _historiarum
(annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis_—to borrow instances from history.
_exempla a rerum Romanarum (Graecarum) memoria petita_—examples taken
from Roman (Greek) history.
_multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere_—to collect, accumulate
instances.
_ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere
(eligere)_—to choose one from a large number of instances.
_a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere_—to quote Socrates as a
model of virtue.
_similitudines afferre_—to cite parallel cases.
_auctore aliquo uti ad aliquid_—to have as authority for a thing.
_auctorem aliquem habere alicuius rei_—to have as authority for a thing.
_auctoritatem alicuius sequi_—to be guided by another's example.
_auctoritas et exemplum_ (Balb. 13. 31)—standard and pattern.
_sibi exemplum alicuius proponere ad imitandum_ or simply _sibi
aliquem ad imitandum proponere_—to set up some one as one's ideal,
model.
_sibi exemplum sumere ex aliquo_ or _exemplum capere de aliquo_—to
take a lesson from some one's example.
_ad exemplum alicuius se conformare_—to shape one's conduct after
another's model.
_exemplum edere, prodere_—to set an example.
_exemplo esse_—to set an example.
_exemplum in aliquo_ or _in aliquem statuere_—to inflict an exemplary
punishment on some one.
_exemplum (severitatis) edere in aliquo_ (Q. Fr. 1. 2. 2. 5)—to
inflict an exemplary punishment on some one.
_bene (male) praecipere alicui_—to inculcate good (bad) principles.
_praecepta dare, tradere de aliqua re_—to give advice, directions,
about a matter.
_ad praecipiendi rationem delābi_ (Q. Fr. 1. 1. 6. 18)—to adopt a
didactic tone.
_aliquid in animo haeret, penitus insedit_ or _infixum est_—a thing is
deeply impressed on the mind.
_aliquid animo mentique penitus mandare_ (Catil. 1. 11. 27)—to impress
a thing on one's memory, mind.
_demittere aliquid in pectus_ or _in pectus animumque suum_—to take a
thing to heart.
_hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius_—what he said made a
deep impression on...
[1] Not _bonum exemplum_, which means an example morally good for us
to follow.
[2] "For example" must not be translated by _exempli causa_, which is
only used in complete sentences with such verbs as _ponere, afferre,
proferre, nominare_. _verbi causa (gratia)_ = "for instance," "we will
say," usually refers to a single expression, e.g. _quid dicis igitur?
miserum fuisse verbi causa M. Crassum?_ (Tusc. 1. 4. 12). Often
examples are introduced by such words as _ut, velut, in his_, etc.,
e.g. _bestiae quae gignuntur in terra, veluti crocodili_ (N. D. 2. 48.
124).