Usages of exemplum
Magister in tabula exemplum bonum scribit, et discipuli id in charta scribunt.
The teacher writes a good example on the board, and the students write it on paper.
Haec sententia brevis est, sed exemplum clarum dat.
This sentence is short, but it gives a clear example.
Magistra rogat utrum sententia discipulae exemplum bonum ostendat an culpam.
The teacher asks whether the female student’s sentence shows a good example or a fault.
Magistra discipulis aliud exemplum ostendit.
The teacher shows the students another example.
Test yourself: What does exemplum mean?
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