Definitions and meaning of modus
modus
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure, manner, mood”). Doublet of mode.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈməʊdəs/
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- 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
Czech
Pronunciation
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 2023-07-03
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
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “modus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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.d̪us]
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)
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- 1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269:
- (grammar) mood, mode
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’s 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- DIZIONARIO LATINO OLIVETTI
Anagrams
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
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
References
- “modus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Tagalog
Etymology
Ellipsis of English modus operandi, from New Latin.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmodus/ [ˈmoː.d̪ʊs]
- Rhymes: -odus
- Syllabification: mo‧dus
Noun
modus (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔)
- (law enforcement) modus operandi
See also
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