methodus

Latin

Alternative forms

• methodos, metodus

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέθοδος f (méthodos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛ.tʰɔ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.to.dus]

Noun

methodus f (genitive methodī); second declension

1. method
2. 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 noun.

	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
  • English: method
  • French: méthode f, methode
    • → Dutch: methode
      • Afrikaans: metode
      • → Indonesian: metode
    • → Persian: متد (metod)
    • → Polish: metoda, metod, metodus, metodusz (Middle Polish)
      • → Kashubian: metoda
      • → Silesian: metŏda
    • → Romanian: metodă
    • → Turkish: metot
• → 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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)