methodus Latin · revision 4605

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Vitruvius|origins=grc μετά, grc ὁδός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɛ.tʰɔ.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɛː.to.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''methodus''' ''f'' (genitive methodī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|μέθοδος|tr=méthodos|t=pursuit; method of inquiry]],^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|grc|μετά|tr=metá|t=after, in pursuit of]] and [[m|grc|ὁδός|tr=hodós|t=way]].^(Etymonline) The form [[m|la|methodos]] is also found.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Vitruvius, at the beginning of On Architecture, uses it in medicine.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a systematic procedure according to rules, a method of teaching or proceeding, and especially a method in medicine.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Celsus still writes it as Greek, while Vitruvius, Ausonius and Caelius Aurelianus use the Latin form.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British medieval writers used it of a mode of proceeding and in logic, and John of Salisbury explains that the Greeks call an art a ''methodos'', a short way that avoids nature's detours.^(DMLBS) [[en|method]] is recorded in the early 15th century as a systematic treatment of disease.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 310–394 AD – Ausonius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 5th century AD – Caelius Aurelianus uses it in medicine.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''method'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|method]], systematic procedure; a way of teaching.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(medicine)'' A method of treatment.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, logic)'' A method.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[methodicē]]

+ * [[methodicus]]

+ * [[methodium]]

+ * [[en|method]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}