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† mĕthŏdĭcē, ēs, f., = μεθοδική, the methodical part of grammar (post-Aug.): grammaticae partes duae, id est ratio loquendi, et enarratio auctorum: quarum illam methodicen, hanc historicen vocant, Quint. 1, 9, 1.