methodical Copy link • methodical: ratione et via factus (of things): v. foll. art. Phr.: a m. life, vita disposita; vitae genus distinctum, (in qua) placida omnia et ordinata, Plin. Ep. 3, 1, init. (Methodici medici = rationales; opp. to ὲμπειρικοί cf. Cels. pref. med.)