adverb
eiusmodī
eiusmodī (not comparable)
Classical[ɛjˈjʊs.mɔ.diː]Ecclesiastical[eˈjuz.mo.di]
Meaning
- not comparableof this sort
- not comparableof such a kind
- not comparablein such a manner
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
of this kind
eiusmodī — in De Bello Gallico III
ējusmŏdi is-modus, usually written ejus modi (sometimes trisyl.),
I. of that kind, of such a kind, such:
qui cum ingeniis conflictatur ejusmodi, Ter. And. 1, 1, 66 al.: genus belli est ejus modi, Cic. de Imp. 2, 6 al. —II. So, in such a manner, = ita:
quam viam tensarum atque pompae ejus modi exegisti, ut, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154.— —ējuscemŏdi, i. q. ejusmodi, Gell. 16, 8 med. al.Origins
From eius (“of this”) + modī (“manner”).