methodus

εἰς ἀναισχύντους θήκας ἐτράποντο → they resorted to disgraceful modes of burial, they lost all shame in the burial of the dead

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕthŏdus: and mĕthŏdos, i, f., = μέθοδος,
I a way of teaching, mode of proceeding, method (post-class.), Vitr. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 11, 67; Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 49 (as Greek, Cels. praef. § 91); cf. methodicus.

mĕthŏdus (-dŏs), ī, f., méthode [t. de médecine] : Vitr. Arch. 1, 1, 4 ; C. Aur. Chron. 2, 1, 49.