Latin

Alternative forms

• methodos, metodus

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.

Related terms

• methodicē
• methodicus
• methodium
  • methodiārius

Descendants

References

• and mĕthŏdos 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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mĕthŏdus (-dŏs)”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 973/1.
• “methodos” on page 1,105/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)