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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

modo.

just, only, merely, simply

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adv[ˈmɔ.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔ.dɔ]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔː.do]
  1. just, only, merely, simply

    Tunc, (ille) modo edere volēbat.
    Semel modo nōn satis.
  2. recently, just now

    Latrōcinium modo factum est.
  3. presently

  4. now … now; now … and then; sometimes … sometimes; at one time … at another

Where this word comes from

From modus (“measure, mode, manner, way”); the adverb derives from its ablative form. The short vowel in the adverb is an example of iambic shortening that became conventional in Classical Latin (as in ego).

postp[ˈmɔ.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔ.dɔ]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔː.do]
  1. the way, as, the manner

    with-ablative
Where this word comes from

From modus (“measure, mode, manner, way”); the adverb derives from its ablative form. The short vowel in the adverb is an example of iambic shortening that became conventional in Classical Latin (as in ego).

noun[ˈmɔ.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔ.dɔ]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔː.do]
  1. dative/ablative singular of modus

    ablative · dative · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

From modus (“measure, mode, manner, way”); the adverb derives from its ablative form. The short vowel in the adverb is an example of iambic shortening that became conventional in Classical Latin (as in ego).

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