μεθοδικός
ή, όν, ώτερον, Adv.
A.
going to work by rule, methodical, systematic, ἐπιστῆμαι Plb. 10.47.12; τὸ μ. τῆς τέχνης Phld. Rh. 1.23 S.: Comp., Id. Sign. 28. Adv. -κῶς Plb. 5.98.10; ἰατρὸς ἄνθρωπον ἀποκτείνει μ. Phld. Rh. 1.19 S.: Comp. -ώτερον S.E. M. 8.141.
II.
τὰ μ., a lost work of Arist., prob. on Logic, Rh. 1356b19, cf. D.H. Amm. 1.8; αἱ μ. συντάξεις ib.6.
III.
οἱ μ. 'methodic' physicians, opp. rationalists and empirics, Gal. Sect.Intr. 6; μ. αἵρεσις Id. Libr.Propr. 1; μ. ἰατρός Id. 10.140, Epigr.Gr. 306 (Smyrna).
IV.
in Surgery, μ. τρόποι first-aid treatment, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.1.1,3.
V.
crafty, Vett. Val.4.14; τὰ μ. ib.16.