ectype (ektip)

[= F. ectype = Sp. ectipo = Pg. ectypo, L. ectypus, engraved in relief, embo ed, The complex ideas of substances are ectypes or "copies." Locke , Human Understanding, II. xxx i. 13. Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the ancient prophets. Eng . Cyc. Specifically-2. In arch ., a copy in relief or embo ed.