ὑποτύπ-ωσις · hypotyp-ōsis — LSJ
sketch, outline, draft, Outlines
sketch, outline, Str. 2.5.18, Ph. 2.12, Anon. Lond.7.17, Hermog. Prog. 6, Poll. 7.128; ὑ. ἕνεκα συγγράμματος draft for a book, Gal. 15.760; as Empiric term, Id. 8.709, al.; opp. ἐξεργασία, Plot. 6.3.7; ὑπογραφάς τε καὶ ὑποτυπώσεις, opp. ὅρους, Stoic. 2.76: αἱ Ὑποτυπώσεις was the name given by Sextus Empiricus to his Outlines of the Pyrrhonic Philosophy, cf. D.L. 9.78, Gal. Libr. Propr.Praef. : Proclus calls one of his works ἡ ὑ. τῶν ἀστρονομικῶν ὑποθέσεων, Hyp. 7.50.
2 model, pattern
model, pattern, 1 Ep.Ti. 1.16, 2 Ep.Ti. 1.13; εἰς ὑποτύπωσιν ἀρετῶν Phld. Mus. p.77 K.
3 by which a matter was vividly sketched in words
a Rhet. figure, by which a matter was vividly sketched in words, Quint. Inst. 9.2.40.