τύπος
Alt. τύ^πος, ὁ,
Etym. τύπτω
I. "a blow", Orac. ap. Hdt.
II. "the effect of a blow, the print or impress" of a seal, Eur.; στίβου τύπος "the print" of a footstep, Soph.:— τύποι "marks", letters, Plat.:— ὁ τ. τῶν ἵππων "the sound of" their "tread", Xen.
2. "anything wrought of metal or stone", in pl. "figures worked in relief", Hdt., Eur.:—then, simply, "a figure, image, statue", Hdt., Eur.
3. τύπος τινός a man's "form", i. e. himself, Ἱππομέδοντος τ. Aesch.; βραχιόνων τ. ῀ βραχίονες, Eur.
4. "general form or character, the type or model" of a thing, Plat.:— "an example", NTest.
5. "an outline, sketch, draught", Plat.; so, τύπῳ, ἐν τύπῳ "in outline, in general", id=Plat.