means Copy link Outline I. Instrument or mannerII. Resources • means: I. Instrument or manner: mŏdus: v. manner, way. Phr.: to give any one the m. of arriving at a decision, alicui facultatem judicandi facere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, 179 (v. opportunity): they had the m. of living in ease and luxury, quibus in otio molliter vivere copia erat, Sall. Cat. 17: by this m., ita (v. thus): by no m., haudquaquam (v. foll. art.): by all m., magno opere or magnopere; also, maximo opere or maximopere: cf. Cic. Fam. 3, 2, a te maximopere etiam atque etiam quaeso et peto (most particularly; by all means): also simply maxime (v. especially, 4): and, esp. when a "but" follows, omnino: cf. Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71, danda omnino opera est ut omni generi satisfacere possimus: sed si ... (i. e. by all means let us try to do justice to all; but if ...): by fair m., recte, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66: by any m. (right or wrong), quocunque modo, ib. II. Resources: res familiaris; res privata; facultates, etc.: v. fortune (III.).