modus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure, manner, mood”). Doublet of mode. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈməʊdəs/ Rhymes: -əʊdəs === Noun === modus (plural modi) (law, obsolete) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance. (law) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, etc. (law) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi. ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === Odums, domus, doums, odums == Cebuano == === Etymology === Borrowed from English modus operandi, from Latin modus operandī. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mo‧dus IPA(key): /ˈmodus/ [ˈmo.d̪ʊs̪] === Noun === módus (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔) ellipsis of modus operandi ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:modus. === Anagrams === dusmo == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmodus] === Noun === modus m inan (statistics) mode (value occurring most frequently in a distribution) (music) mode ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin modus. Doublet of mode. === Pronunciation === === Noun === modus m (plural modussen or modi, diminutive modusje n) mode (grammar) mood Synonym: wijs ==== Related terms ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === < Latin modus === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmodus/, [ˈmo̞dus̠] Rhymes: -odus Syllabification(key): mo‧dus Hyphenation(key): mo‧dus === Noun === modus (grammar) mood ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “modus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin modus. Doublet of mode, model, modul, and modern. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmo.dʊs] Hyphenation: mo‧dus === Noun === modus (plural modus-modus) mode, (mathematics, statistics) the most frequently occurring value in a distribution (linguistics) mood, a verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality a particular means of accomplishing something Synonym: cara (colloquial) modus operandi, a known criminal's established habits and mode of work when committing specific offences, especially fraud, matched with characteristics of an unsolved crime to narrow down (limit to a specific list) or profile suspects ==== Alternative forms ==== mod (Standard Malay) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “modus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *modos, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-ós (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”); compare especially Ancient Greek μήδεᾰ (mḗdeă, “counsels, plans”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “thought”). But note as the oblique cases would be expected as *moder- (e.g. gen.: moderis), thus moderor, modestus etc. Contrast mōs for the senses of manner and way. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔ.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.dus] === Noun === modus m (genitive modī); second declension measure bound, limit, end Synonyms: līmes, fīnis, cacūmen manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), method Synonyms: ratiō, disciplīna Quem ad modum ― like, such, in what manner hoc modo ― in this manner admirandum in modum ― wonderfully (literally: in a wonderful manner) miserandum in modum ― miserably (literally: in a miserable manner) hostilem in modum ― in a hostile manner (Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, I, 5) 1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269: (grammar) mood, mode (poetry) rhythm, meter māteriā conveniente modīs ― with the material being fitting for the meters (Ovidius Naso, Amores, I, 1) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “modus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “modus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "modus", 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) “modus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. modus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 DIZIONARIO LATINO OLIVETTI === Anagrams === domus == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin modus. === Noun === modus m (definite singular modusen, indefinite plural modi or moduser, definite plural modiene or modusene) mode (grammar) mood ==== Derived terms ==== dvalemodus === References === “modus” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin modus. === Noun === modus m (definite singular modusen, indefinite plural modi or modusar, definite plural modiane or modusane) mode (grammar) mood ==== Derived terms ==== dvalemodus === References === “modus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Tagalog == === Etymology === Ellipsis of English modus operandi, from New Latin modus operandī. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmodus/ [ˈmoː.d̪ʊs] Rhymes: -odus Syllabification: mo‧dus === Noun === modus (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔) (law enforcement) modus operandi ==== See also ====