M / mĕthŏdĭum
noun greek

mĕthŏdĭum

gen. mĕthŏdii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
= μεθόδιον
a witty conceit, a jest, joke; an inserted song
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.