modus
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure, manner, mood”). Doublet of mode.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmodus (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.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- To make a good and sufficient modus, the following rules must be observed
- 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations:
- When, instead either of a certain portion of the produce of land, or of the price of a certain portion, a certain sum of money is to be paid in full compensation for all tax or tythe; the tax becomes, in this case, exactly of the same nature with the land tax of England. It neither rises nor falls with the rent of the land. It neither encourages nor discourages improvement. The tythe in the greater part of those parishes which pay what is called a modus, in lieu of all other tythe is a tax of this kind. During the Mahometan government of Bengal, instead of the payment in kind of the fifth part of the produce, a modus, and, it is said, a very moderate one, was established in the greater part of the districts or zemindaries of the country. Some of the servants of the East India company, under pretence of restoring the public revenue to its proper value, have, in some provinces, exchanged this modus for a payment in kind. Under their management, this change is likely both to discourage cultivation, and to give new opportunities for abuse in the collection of the public revenue, which has fallen very much below what it was said to have been when it first fell under the management of the company. The servants of the company may, perhaps, have profited by the change, but at the expense, it is probable, both of their masters and of the country.
- 1829, Walter Savage Landor, “Duke de Richelieu, Sir Firebrace Cotes, Lady Glengrin. and Mr. Normanby”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume V (second series, volume II), London: James Duncan, […], →OCLC:
- They, from time immemorial, had paid a modus, or composition.
- 1917, The English Reports: Exchequer, page 789:
- That there is and from time immemorial has been within that part of the parish called Mablethorpe St. Mary's a laudable custom that, if any outdweller take ancient pasture ground, he shall pay a modus of 4d. an acre, and so in proportion, on the 1st of August, in lieu of all manner of tithe; and that if any of the ancient pasture be once ploughed up or meadowed, it shall, when restored to pasture again, pay 4d. the acre in the hands of such outdweller.
See also
editPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “modus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
editCebuano
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English modus operandi, from Latin modus operandī.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmódus (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔)
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:modus.
Anagrams
editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmodus m inan
- (statistics) mode (value occurring most frequently in a distribution)
- (music) mode
Declension
editRelated terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmodus
Declension
editInflection of modus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | modus | modukset | |
genitive | moduksen | modusten moduksien | |
partitive | modusta | moduksia | |
illative | modukseen | moduksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | modus | modukset | |
accusative | nom. | modus | modukset |
gen. | moduksen | ||
genitive | moduksen | modusten moduksien | |
partitive | modusta | moduksia | |
inessive | moduksessa | moduksissa | |
elative | moduksesta | moduksista | |
illative | modukseen | moduksiin | |
adessive | moduksella | moduksilla | |
ablative | modukselta | moduksilta | |
allative | modukselle | moduksille | |
essive | moduksena | moduksina | |
translative | modukseksi | moduksiksi | |
abessive | moduksetta | moduksitta | |
instructive | — | moduksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “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
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin modus. Doublet of mode, model, modul, and modern.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmodus (plural modus-modus, first-person possessive modusku, second-person possessive modusmu, third-person possessive modusnya)
- 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
edit- mod (Standard Malay)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *modos, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-ós (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”);[1] compare especially Ancient Greek μήδεᾰ (mḗdea, “counsels, plans”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “thought”).[2] 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
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmo.dus/, [ˈmɔd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.dus/, [ˈmɔːd̪us]
Noun
editmodus m (genitive modī); second declension
- measure
- bound, limit, end
- 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)
- 1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269:
- Una Perla ad modum camahuti.
- A pearl in the manner of a cameo.
- (grammar) mood, mode
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | modus | modī |
genitive | modī | modōrum |
dative | modō | modīs |
accusative | modum | modōs |
ablative | modō | modīs |
vocative | mode | modī |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ “modo, mo'” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “modus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 384-5
Further reading
edit- “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.
- the melody: modi (De Or. 1. 42. 187)
- to compose, put to music: modos facere
- to observe moderation, be moderate: modum tenere, retinere, servare, adhibere
- to set a limit to a thing: modum facere, statuere, constituere alicui rei or alicuius rei
- to pass the limit: modum transire
- to pass the limit: extra modum prodire
- to pass the limit: ultra modum progredi
- to show moderation in a matter: moderationem, modum adhibere in aliqua re
- beyond all measure: extra, praeter modum
- to limit one's expenditure: sumptibus modum statuere
- (ambiguous) to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
- (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
- (ambiguous) to flee like deer, sheep: pecorum modo fugere (Liv. 40. 27)
- the melody: modi (De Or. 1. 42. 187)
- 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
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editmodus m (definite singular modusen, indefinite plural modi or moduser, definite plural modiene or modusene)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “modus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editmodus m (definite singular modusen, indefinite plural modi or modusar, definite plural modiane or modusane)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “modus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Tagalog
editEtymology
editEllipsis of English modus operandi, from New Latin.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmodus/ [ˈmoː.d̪ʊs]
- Rhymes: -odus
- Syllabification: mo‧dus
Noun
editmodus (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔)
See also
edit- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *med-
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English learned borrowings from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/əʊdəs
- Rhymes:English/əʊdəs/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Law
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English terms with quotations
- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Latin
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano terms with Badlit script
- Cebuano ellipses
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Statistics
- cs:Music
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech nouns with regular foreign declension
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/odus
- Rhymes:Finnish/odus/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Grammar
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Latin
- Indonesian learned borrowings from Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian doublets
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Mathematics
- id:Statistics
- id:Linguistics
- Indonesian colloquialisms
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *med-
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin terms with quotations
- Latin terms with usage examples
- la:Grammar
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- la:Size
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Grammar
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Grammar
- Tagalog ellipses
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog terms derived from New Latin
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/odus
- Rhymes:Tagalog/odus/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Law enforcement