μεθοδικός
Quibus enim nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum → Every age is burdensome to those who have no means of living well and happily
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
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.
