methodicus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?

Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ)

Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-)

Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.

Proto-Indo-European *sodós?

Proto-Hellenic *hodós

Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós)

Ancient Greek μέθοδος f (méthodos)bor.

Latin methodus

Latin -icus

Latin methodicus

From methodus + -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛˈtʰɔ.dɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [meˈtɔː.di.kus]

Adjective

methodicus (feminine methodica, neuter methodicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. methodical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	methodicus	methodica	methodicum		methodicī	methodicae	methodica
genitive	methodicī	methodicae	methodicī		methodicōrum	methodicārum	methodicōrum
dative	methodicō	methodicae	methodicō		methodicīs
accusative	methodicum	methodicam	methodicum		methodicōs	methodicās	methodica
ablative	methodicō	methodicā	methodicō		methodicīs
vocative	methodice	methodica	methodicum		methodicī	methodicae	methodica

Descendants

• Asturian: metódicu
• Catalan: metòdic
• French: méthodique
• Galician: metódico
• Italian: metodico
• Portuguese: metódico
• Romanian: metodic
• Spanish: metódico

References

• “methodicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “methodicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.