methodus
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek μέθοδος f (méthodos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.tʰo.dus/, [ˈmɛt̪ʰɔd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.to.dus/, [ˈmɛːt̪od̪us]
Usage notes
- Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; methodus inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek ὁδός.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | methodus | methodī |
Genitive | methodī | methodōrum |
Dative | methodō | methodīs |
Accusative | methodum | methodōs |
Ablative | methodō | methodīs |
Vocative | methode | methodī |
Related terms
- methodicē
- methodicus
- methodium
- methodiārius
Descendants
- Asturian: métodu
- Catalan: mètode m
- → Danish: metode
- Friulian: metodi
- Galician: método
- → German: Methode f
- Italian: metodo
- Middle French: méthode
- → Latvian: metode (via another language)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: metode
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: metode
- Piedmontese: métod
- Portuguese: método
- Spanish: método
- → Swedish: metod
- → Finnish: metodi
References
- “mĕthŏdus and mĕthŏdos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- METHODUS et Metodus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- (-dŏs) mĕthŏdus (-dŏs) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 973/1.
- “methodos” on page 1,105/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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