Modus vivendi Modus vivendi Modus vivendi is a Latin phrase that means "mode of living" or “way of life”. It often is used to mean an arrangement or agreement that allows conflicting parties to coexist in peace. In science it is used to describe lifestyles. "Modus" means "mode", "way", "method", or "manner". "Vivendi" means "of living". The phrase is often used to describe informal and temporary arrangements in political affairs. For example, if two sides reach a "modus vivendi" regarding disputed territories, despite political, historical or cultural incompatibilities, an accommodation of their respective differences is established for the sake of contingency. In
Latin mnemonics parts: diamond, ruby, sapphire, ’"onyx cum prole silexque"‘. If I do not wonder how the quean 'scaped tempting, I'm an hermaphrodite! The Latin phrase is a line taken from William Lily's Latin grammar "Brevissima Institutio", from a mnemonic poem entitled "The Third Special Rule", the particular verse of which is entitled "Nouns of the doubtful Gender excepted": <poem> "Sunt dubii generis", cardo, margo, cinis, obex, Forceps, pumex, imbrex, cortex, pulvis, adeps"que": "Adde" culex, natrix, "et" onyx "cum prole", siléx"que"; "Quamvis hæc meliùs vult mascula dicier usus". </poem> The literal meaning of the phrase is ""onyx" with its compounds, and "silex"".