modus – Latin noun declension

Noun: modus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	modus
Plural	modī

Genitive

Singular	modī
Plural	modōrum

Dative

Singular	modō
Plural	modīs

Accusative

Singular	modum
Plural	modōs

Ablative

Singular	modō
Plural	modīs

Vocative

Singular	mode
Plural	modī

Sample Sentences

Sed quis erit modus, aut quō nunc certāmine tantō? (“But what will be the end [of it], or to where [do we go] now with a rivalry so great?”

(Juno is speaking to Venus.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.98]
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)
quem ad modum vellent (in what manner they pleased) [Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico I, 36]
1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269 (A pearl in the manner of a cameo.)
māteriā conveniente modīs (with the material being fitting for the meters)

Nouns inflected like modus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *med-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-os
4. Proto-Italic *medos
5. Latin modus
6. 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.

Verbs referencing "modus"

English Nouns mode, Catalan Nouns mode, Danish Nouns mode, Dutch Nouns mode, French Nouns mode, English Nouns mold, Galician Nouns modo, Italian Nouns modo, Spanish Nouns modo, English Nouns modal, French Nouns modal, Dutch Nouns modus, Finnish Nouns modus, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns modus, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns modus, Polish Nouns moda, Portuguese Nouns moda, Asturian Nouns mou, Hungarian Nouns mód, Faroese Nouns móti, Finnish Nouns moodi, Ukrainian Nouns мода, Dutch Nouns toonsoort, Irish Nouns modh, French Nouns mœuf, German Nouns Modus, English Nouns modus ponendo ponens, English Nouns modus ponendo tollens, English Nouns modus tollendo ponens, English Nouns modus tollendo tollens, Ancient Greek Nouns μέδιμνος, Bulgarian Nouns модус.