eiusmodi Latin · revision 31278

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la is, la modus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛjˈjʊs.mɔ.diː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈjuz.mo.di]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''eiusmodī''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is usually written separately, ''eius modī'', and sometimes scanned as three syllables.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ It is also spelled ''ejusmodī''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[m|la|eius|t=of this, of that]], the genitive of [[m|la|is|t=he, that]], with [[m|la|modī]], the genitive of [[m|la|modus|t=measure, manner]], “of that manner”.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives ⟨is⟩ from [[ine-pro|*(h₁)i-|t=he, she, it]] and ⟨modus⟩ from [[itc-pro|*medo-|t=measure, judgement]] and [[ine-pro|*med-o-|t=measure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Terence as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who has “who has to deal with characters of that kind” in the ''Andria''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means of that kind or of such a kind, such, as Cicero's ''genus bellī est eius modī'', “the nature of the war is such”, and also in such a manner.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “of this sort, of such kind”, with ''et eiusmodī'', and the like.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the nature of a war.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Of that kind, of such a kind, [[m|en|such]];^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''et eiusmodī'', and the like.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # In such a manner.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[is]]

+ * [[modus]]

+ * [[huiusmodī]]

+ * [[cuiusmodī]]

+ * [[tālis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}