methodus

Latin

Alternative forms

methodos, metodus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tʰo.dus/, [ˈmɛ.tʰɔ.dʊs]

Noun

methodus f (genitive methodī); second declension

method
way of teaching

Usage notes

Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; methodus inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek ὁδός.

Declension

Second declension.

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
Danish: metode
Galician: método
German: Methode
Middle French: méthode
- English: method
- French: méthode
  - Persian: متد‎ (metod)

Latvian: metode (via another language)
Norwegian Bokmål: metode
Norwegian Nynorsk: metode
Polish: metoda
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, 1883–1887)
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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