‖ proˈtotypon Obs.
Pl. proˈtotypa, -ons.
[mod.L., a. Gr. πρωτότυπον prototype, prop. neut. sing. of πρωτότυπ-ος adj. (in med.L. prōtotypus) in the first form, original, primitive: see proto- and type n.]
= prototype 1.
| 1596 Foxe's A. & M. (ed. 5) 299/2 The copie of the said letter followeth agreeing with the prototypon or originall. 1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 110 Whether their worship had the terme in the images without reference to the prototypa, the things which their images represented. 1625 Jackson Creed v. xxxii. §1 These for the most part delight in pictures for their prototypons sake. 1715 M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 290 Saxon Prototypons of the Lord's Prayer, according to the different gradual Changes of that Idiom. |