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epitome

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e·pit·o·me  (-pt-m)
n.
1. A representative or example of a class or type: "He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual" Paul Kennedy.
2. A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

[Latin epitom, a summary, from Greek, an abridgment, from epitemnein, to cut short : epi-, epi- + temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots.]

epitome [ip-pit-a-mee]
Noun
1. a person or thing that is a typical example of a characteristic or class: the epitome of rural tranquillity
2. a summary, esp. of a written work [Greek epitemnein to abridge]

epitome
something representative as a fine example of the whole group of things to which it belongs. See also books.
See also: Representation
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.epitomeepitome - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
example, model - a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"
concentrate - a concentrated example of something; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
imago - (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
2.epitome - a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
precis, synopsis, abstract, outline - a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

epitome
Translations
Spanish epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] narquetipo
French epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] n (fig) → quintessence f, type m
German epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] nInbegriff m
Italian epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] nepitome f; quintessenza

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Fragment #1 -- Photius, Epitome of the Chrestomathy of Proclus: The Epic Cycle begins with the fabled union of Heaven and Earth, by which they make three hundred-handed sons and three Cyclopes to be born to him.
In the first part the greatest freedom has been used in reducing the narration into a narrow compass, so that it is by no means a translation but an epitome, in which, whether everything either useful or entertaining be comprised, the compiler is least qualified to determine.
Browning's chosen subject-matter: "Every man is for him an epitome of the universe, a centre of creation.
 
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