huiusmodi
Latin
Alternative forms
- huius modī
- huiuscemodī
Etymology
Univerbation of huius + modī, literally “of this kind, manner”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hʊjˈjʊs.mɔ.diː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uˈjuz.mo.d̪i]
Adverb
huiusmodī (not comparable)
- Of this kind, such
- likewise, the like
- ...per servicium reddendi nobis cultellos, vel sagittas, vel hujusmodi.
- ...for the service of providing the King knives, arrows, or the like. (Magna Carta, Articles, section 27; 1225, section 27)
- ...per servicium reddendi nobis cultellos, vel sagittas, vel hujusmodi.
References
- “huiusmodi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press