μέθοδος

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Ancient Greek[edit]

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From μετ᾽ (transcending, encompassing, median) +‎ ὁδός (hodós, road, way, path), literally the transcending path.

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μέθοδος (méthodosf (genitive μεθόδου); second declension

  1. following after, pursuit
  2. pursuit of knowledge, investigation, inquiry; hence, treatise
    1. mode of prosecuting such inquiry, method, system, plan
    2. doctrine
    3. “methodic” medicine
    4. (rhetoric) means
      1. means of recognizing
      2. mode of treating the subject-matter
  3. trick, ruse, stratagem

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Etymology[edit]

From the Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).

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Noun[edit]

μέθοδος (méthodosf (plural μέθοδοι)

  1. method, system
    αναλυτική μέθοδοςanalytikí méthodosanalytical method
  2. fashion

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