manner Copy link Outline I. Way1. mŏdus2. rătio, ōnis, f. (strictly, course, proceeding)3. vĭa (course, mode of procedureII. Custom1. instĭtūtum2. mos, mōris, m.III. Good manners • manner: I. Way: 1. mŏdus: m. of life, vitae m., Cic. Sen. 21, 77: after the m. of, modo, in modum (not in modo), ad modum, foll. by gen., or with adjective: in the m. of slaves, servorum modo, Liv. 39, 26, med.: in a surprising m., mirum in m., Caes. B. G. 1, 41: Cic. 2. rătio, ōnis, f. (strictly, course, proceeding): our men resist in the same m. as on the previous day, eadem r. qua pridie ab nostris resistitur, Caes. B. G. 5, 40: cf. quibus rationibus, id. B. C. 3, 83, extr. 3. vĭa (course, mode of procedure: a fig. expr.): v. way. Phr.: in the m. of, ritu, vĭcem (v. like, adv.): in this m., sic, ita (v. thus): in what m., quomodo (v. how): in whatsoever m., quocunque modo, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66. II. Custom: esp. in phr. manners and customs: 1. instĭtūtum: esp. pl. (established usages), Caes. B. G. init.: Val. Max. 2, 6 (de externis institutis, title). 2. mos, mōris, m.: he said it was not in accordance with Greek m.s, negavit moris esse Graecorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, 66. Join: in more positum institutoque majorum, id. Agr. 2, init.: v. custom. III. Good manners: dĕcōrum: v. decency, propriety. See also politeness, refinement.