methodus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === methodos, metodus === Etymology === 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 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 noun. ==== Related terms ==== methodicē methodicus methodium methodiārius ==== Descendants ==== === 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)