modus

mod + -us

lat. modus „Modus“

From Proto-Italic *modōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-ōs (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”). 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) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.dus/, [ˈmɔd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.dus/, [ˈmɔːd̪us]

Noun

modus m (genitive modī); second declension

1. measure
2. bound, limit [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: līmes, fīnis, cacūmen

3. manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), method [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   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)

4. (grammar) mood, mode

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	modus	modī
Genitive	modī	modōrum
Dative	modō	modīs
Accusative	modum	modōs
Ablative	modō	modīs
Vocative	mode	modī