noun
mĕthŏdĭum
Meaning
- a witty conceit, a jest, joke
mĕthŏdĭum, ii, n., = μεθόδιον,
I. 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.