methodium
mĕthŏdĭum, ii, n., = μεθόδιον,
- a witty conceit, a jest, joke (post-Aug.): Trimalchio ejusmodi methodio laetus, Carpe, inquit, etc. (al. metōdīum, i. e. μετωδεῖον, an inserted song), Petr. 36, 5.
methodium, iī, n. (μεθόδιον), der Wiederbeginn, die Erneuerung des Gastmahls, der neue Gang, Petron. 36, 5.
nobis inevacuabili veritatis testudine galeatis congruit normalibus agenda rubricare ~iis [‘for us, helmeted with the unnullifiable protection of truth, it is appropriate to adorn things to be done with square artifices, i. e. honest dealings’ ]
mĕthŏdĭum, (16) ĭī, n. (μεθόδιον), artifice, tour plaisant : Petr. 36, 5 ; cf. Gloss. 5, 524, 8.
Methodiumest pro deceptione, lusu, ludificatione :
Trimalchio ejusmodi Methodio lætus, carpe, inquit.Ita Martinius.