M.
M., abbreviation of the praenomen Marcus.
M’., abbreviation of the praenomen Manius.
Macedo, onis, m., a Macedonian.
Macedonia, ae, f., an extensive country north of Greece, between Thessaly and Thrace.
Macedonicus, a, um, adj., Macedonian; a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, who conquered Macedonia; also of L. Aemilius Paulus.
māchinor, ārī, ātus sum, to contrive skillfully, devise, scheme, plot.
Macrīnus, ī, m., (M.) Opilius Macrīnus, Roman emperor 217-218 A.D.
Madena, ae, f., a part of Armenia.
Maedī, ōrum, pl. m., a people of Thrace.
maeror, ōris, m., mourning, sadness, grief, sorrow, lamentation.
magis, adv., comp., more, rather; eō magis, all the more; sup., māximē, greatly, chiefly, exceedingly.
magister, trī, m., a master, ruler, teacher; magister equitum, master of the horse, aid-de-camp of the dictator.
Māgnentiānus, a, um, adj., belonging to or pertaining to Māgnentius.
Māgnentius, ī, m., Roman emperor, 350-353 A.D.
Māgnēsia, ae, f., a city of Asia Minor near Mount Sipylus in Lydia.
māgnificentissimē [māgnificus], adv., sup. of māgnificē; splendidly, very magnificently.
māgnificus, a, um [māgnus + faciō], adj., sup. māgnificentissimus; splendid, magnificent, noble.
māgnitūdō, inis [māgnus], f., magnitude, greatness, size.
māgnus, a, um, adj., comp. māior, sup. māximus; great, large, abundant, powerful.
Māgō, ōnis, m., the brother of Hannibal, captured by Scipio in Spain.
māiestās, ātis [māior], f., greatness, grandeur, dignity, majesty.
māior, see māgnus.
Māius, ī, m., the month of May; usually as adj., Māius, a, um, agreeing with mēnsis, Kalendae, Nōnae, Īdūs.
male [malus], adv., comp. pēius, sup. pessimē; badly, ill, unhappily, unsuccessfully.
mālo, see volō.
malus, a, um, adj., comp. pēior, sup. pessimus; bad, evil, hurtful; as subst., malum, ī, n., misfortune.
Mamaea, ae, f., (Iūlia) Mamaea, mother of Alexander Severus.
Mancīnus, ī, m., C. Hostīlius Mancīnus, consul 137 B.C.
mandō, āre, āvī, ātus [manus + dō], to commission, command, send word. con—commendō, āre, āvī, ātus, to commend or commit for protection, intrust, recommend. re—remandō, āre, āvī, ātus, to send back word (very rare).
maneō, ēre, mānsī, mānsus, to stay, continue, abide by. per—permaneō, ēre, mānsī, mānsūrus, to continue, remain. re—remaneō, ēre, mānsī, to remain behind.
Mānīlius, ī, m., M. Manilius, consul 149 B.C.
Mānlius, ī, m., 1. A. Mānlius, consul 241 B.C. 2. M. Mānlius, consul 105 B.C. See Cēnsōrīnus, Torquātus, Vulsō.
mānsuētūdō, inis [mānsuētus, tame], f., mildness, gentleness.
manūmittō, ere, mīsī, missus [manus + mittō], to set free, emancipate; enfranchise.
manus, ūs, f., hand, arm; band, troop; force; combat; manūs cōnserere, to join battle; dare manūs, to yield.
Mārcellus, ī, m., the name of a famous Roman family. 1. M. Claudius Mārcellus, consul 222 B.C. 2. (M.) Claudius Mārcellus, consul 166 B.C. 3. (M.) Claudius Mārcellus, consul 51 B.C.
Mārcius, ī, m., 1. Ancus Mārcius, the fourth king of Rome, 640-616 B.C. 2. C. Mārcius, consul 310 B.C. 3. Q. Mārcius, surnamed Coriolanus. See Coriolānus.
Marcomannicus, a, um, adj., belonging or pertaining to the Marcomannī.
Marcomedī, ōrum, pl. m., a people of western Asia.
Mardī, ōrum, pl. m., a powerful, warlike people that dwelt on the southern shore of the Caspian sea.
mare, is, n., the sea.
Margum, ī, n., a town in Upper Moesia.
Mariānus, a, um, adj., belonging or pertaining to Marius.
maritimus, a, um [mare], adj., marine, maritime, on the seashore.
marītus, ī [mās, male], m., a husband.
Marius, ī, m., the name of a family at Rome. 1. C. Marius, seven times consul, leader of the democratic party in the Civil war between him and Sulla. See Notes, p. 137. 2. C. Marius, son of (1). Consul 82 B.C. 3. M. Aurēlius Marius, one of the Thirty Tyrants.
Mārs, Mārtis, m., the Roman god of war.
Marsī, ōrum, pl. m., a brave and warlike Sabellian people, who dwelt in the mountains of central Italy.
Mārtius, a, um, adj., pertaining to Mars.
Mārtius, ī, m., the month of March; usually used as an adj., Mārtius, a, um, agreeing with mēnsis, Kalendae, Nōnae, Īdūs.
Masinissa, ae, m., a king of Numidia, an ally of the Romans.
Massilia, ae, f., a city in Gaul, modern Marseilles.
māter, tris, f., mother.
māternus, a, um [māter], adj., of a mother, mother’s; maternal, on the mother’s side.
mātrimōnium, ī [māter], n., marriage; pl. wives.
mātrōna, ae [māter], f., a matron, woman.
Mauretania, ae, f., a district on the northwestern coast of Africa, embracing parts of modern Morocco and Algiers.
Māxentius, ī, m. (M. Aurēlius Valerius) Māxentius, Roman emperor 306-312 A.D.
māximē, see magis.
Māximiānus, ī, m., 1. Gālerius (Valerius) Māximiānus, Roman emperor, 305-311 A.D. 2. (M. Aurēlius Valerius) Māximiānus, surnamed Herculius, Roman emperor 286-305 A.D.
Māximīnus, ī, m., 1. (C. Iūlius Verus) Māximīnus, Roman emperor 235-238 A.D. 2. Gālerius (Valerius) Māximīnus, Roman emperor 305-314 A.D.
Māximus, ī, m., 1. Q. Fabius Māximus, consul six times. 2. Q. Fabius Māximus, defeated by the Samnites 292 B.C. 3. Q. Fabius Māximus (Cunctātor), five times consul.
māximus, see māgnus.
Māzaca, ae, f., a city in Cappadocia, later called Caesarēa ad Argaeum from Mount Argaeus upon which it stood.
medicus, ī [medeor, to heal], m., a physician, surgeon.
medie [medius], adv., in the middle, moderately, tolerably.
medietās, ātis [medius], f., the middle, place in the middle, midst.
mediocris, cre [medius], adj., common, moderate, mediocre.
Mediōlānum, ī, n., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, modern Milan.
medius, a, um, adj., in the middle, middle, midst of; as subst., medium, ī, n., middle, midst, space between.
melior, see bonus.
melius, see bene.
Memmius, ī, m., L. Memmius, consul 151 B.C.
memorābilis, e [memorō, to bring to mind], adj., worth telling, remarkable.
memoria, ae [memor, mindful], f., memory; report, record, time, age.
mēns, mentis, f., the mind; disposition; reason.
mēnsis, is, m., a month.
mentiō, ōnis, f., mention.
mentum, ī, n., the chin.
mereō, ēre, uī, itus, to get, earn, deserve; serve.
mergō, ere, mersī, mersus, to dip, plunge, sink. dē—dēmergō, ere, mersī, mersus, to sink.
meritō [meritum, desert], adv., deservedly, justly.
Mesopotamia, ae, f., Mesopotamia, a division of Asia between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
Messāla, ae, m., M. (M’.) Valerius (Messāla), consul 263 B.C.
Messēniī, ōrum, pl. m., the inhabitants of Messēnē, an island in the Tigris river.
-met, an intensive enclitic particle, self.
Metellus, ī, m., the name of a prominent family at Rome. 1. C. Caecilius Metellus, consul 113 B.C. 2. L. Caecilius Metellus, consul 251 B.C. 3. L. Caecilius Metellus, consul 123 B.C. 4. (Q. Caecilius) Metellus Macedonicus, consul 143 B.C. 5. Q. Caecilius Metellus (Numidicus), consul 109 B.C. 6. Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus, consul 69 B.C. 7. L. (Caecilius) Metellus, carried on war against Mithradates. 8. M. (Caecilius) Metellus.
metus, ūs, m., fear, dread.
Micipsa, ae, m., king of Numidia, the eldest of the sons of Masinissa.
migrō, āre, āvī, ātus, to migrate, remove.
mīles, itis, m. and f., a soldier.
mīliārium, ī, n., a milestone, mile.
mīlitāris, e [mīles], adj., military; as subst., a soldier; rēs mīlitāris, the art of war, military operations.
mīlitia, ae [mīles], f., military service.
mīlitō, āre, āvī, ātus [mīles], to be a soldier, wage war.
mīlle, indecl. num. adj., a thousand; as subst. with part. gen., mīlia, um, pl. n., thousand, thousands.
mīllēsimus, a, um [mīlle], num. adj., thousandth.
mināx, ācis [minor, to threaten], adj., threatening.
minimē, see parum.
minimus, see parvus.
minister, trī, m., an attendant, servant.
minor, us, see parvus.
Minucius, ī, m., the name of a Roman gens. See Rūfus.
minuō, ere, ī, ūtus [minus], to make small, diminish, reduce. dē—dēminuō, ere, ī, ūtus, to make smaller, lessen, diminish.
minus, adv., see parum.
mīrābilis, e [mīror], adj., wonderful.
mīror, ārī, ātus sum, to wonder at, be astonished. ad—admīror, ārī, ātus sum, to wonder at, admire.
Mithradātēs, is, m., surnamed the Great, king of Pontus 120-63 B.C.
Mithradāticus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Mithradātēs.
mītis, e, adj., mild, kind, placid.
mittō, ere, mīsī, missus, to send, dispatch; throw, shoot; let go. ab—āmittō, ere, mīsī, missus, to send away, lose; dismiss. ad—admittō, ere, mīsī, missus, to permit, admit, give audience to. con—committō, ere, mīsī, missus, to send or bring together, join; intrust, commit, bring about, cause, allow; pūgnam or proelium committere, to begin battle. dis—dimittō, ere, mīsī, missus, to send away, dismiss; give up, abandon. inter—intermittō, ere, mīsī, missus, to send between, interpose, interrupt; stop, cease. per—permittō, ere, mīsī, missus, to let pass; permit, allow. praeter—praetermittō, ere, mīsī, missus, to permit to go by, let pass, let go; omit, neglect. prō—prōmittō, ere, mīsī, missus, to put forward; promise, assure. re—remittō, ere, mīsī, missus, to send back, relax; abate.
moderātē [moderātus], adv., sup. moderātissimē; with moderation, moderately.
moderātiō, ōnis [moderor], f., moderation, self-control.
moderātor, ōris [moderor], m., a manager, governor, director.
moderātus, a, um [moderor], adj., self-controlled, temperate, modest.
moderor, ārī, ātus sum [modus], to set bounds to, check, restrict, regulate.
modestia, ae [modestus], f., moderation; shame, modesty; sense of honor, dignity.
modestus, a, um [modus], adj., keeping due measure, moderate, modest, temperate.
modicus, a, um [modus], adj., small, moderate.
modius, ī [modus], m., a measure, peck.
modo [modus], adv., only; just now, lately; modo … modo, at one time … at another, now … now; nōn modo … sed etiam, not only … but also.
modus, ī, m., measure, limit, end; way, manner.
Moesia, ae, f., the modern Bulgaria and Servia, divided into Moesia Superior and Inferior; hence the pl., Moesiae.
Mogontiacum, ī, n., a city in Belgic Gaul, modern Mainz.
molestus, a, um [mōlēs, mass], adj., troublesome, annoying, vexatious.
mōlior, īrī, ītus sum [mōlēs, mass], to struggle, toil; undertake, attempt.
mollis, e, adj., gentle, smooth; yielding.
moneō, ēre, uī, itus, to advise, warn, remind.
monētārius, ī [monēta, mint], m., a minter, coiner.
mōns, montis, m., a mountain, hill, height.
monumentum, ī [moneō], n., a monument, record; tomb.
mōrātus, a, um [mōs], adj., mannered, of morals, constituted; characteristic.
morbus, ī, m., sickness, disease.
morior, morī, mortuus sum, to die.
moror, ārī, ātus sum [mora, delay], to delay, wait.
mors, mortis [morior], f., death.
mōs, mōris, m., a custom, habit; manner, fashion; pl., customs, character.
mōtus, ūs [moveō], m., motion, disturbance, revolt.
moveō, ēre, mōvī, mōtus, to move, remove; influence, excite. con—commoveō, ēre, mōvī, mōtus, to arouse, disturb, move, influence. re—removeō, ēre, mōvī, mōtus, to remove, put aside, dismiss, withdraw. sub—submoveō, ēre, mōvī, mōtus, to drive off, dislodge.
mox, adv., soon, directly, then.
Mūcius, ī, m., see Scaevola.
muliebris, e [mulier, a woman], adj., pertaining to a woman, woman-like.
multitūdō, inis [multus], f., a multitude.
multō, āre, āvī, ātus [multa, a fine], to fine, deprive; punish, condemn.
multō [multus], adv., by far, much.
multus, a, um, adj., comp. plūs, sup. plūrimus; much, many a; pl., many.
Mulvius, a, um, adj., Mulvian; Mulvius pōns, the Mulvian bridge, about two miles north of Rome.
Mummius, ī, m., L. Mummius, the conqueror of Corinth; consul 146 B.C.
Munda, ae, f., a Roman colony in the south of Spain, where a battle was fought in 45 B.C. between Caesar and the Pompeians.
mūniō, īre, īvī (iī), ītus [moenia, walls], to fortify, secure, guard.
mūnus, eris, n., duty, service; present, gift.
Mūrēna, ae, m., L. (Licinius) Mūrēna, consul 62 B.C.
murrinus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the stone murra, murine.
Mursa, ae, f., a town in Pannonia.
mūrus, ī, m., a wall.
Mūs, Mūris, m., (P.) Decius Mūs, consul 279 B.C.
mūtō, āre, āvī, ātus, to change.