“M”

mactō, mactāre, mactāvī, mactātum: butcher, slay.

mactus, -a, -um, f.: honored, glorified; macte (voc.) virtūte = “Congratulations!”.

macula, -ae, f.: spot.

maculātus, -a, -um: stained, splattered, soiled.

maculōsus, -a, -um: covered in spots, dappled.

madefaciō, madefacere, madefēcī, madefactum: to make wet; moisten, drench.

mādescō, mādescere, māduī, – : to become wet.

madidus, -a, -um: wet.

maeror, -ōris, m.: grieving, mourning; grief.

maestus, -a, -um: grieving, sorrowing, sorrowful.

magicus, -a, -um: magical.

magis (adv.): more; magis quam: more than; eō magis: “the more …”; “all the more”.

magister, magistrī, m.: master, (male) teacher; magistra, -ae, f.: mistress, (female) teacher.

Magnēsia, -ae. Magnesia (a district of Thessaly); adj. Magnēs, -nētis: Magnesian.

magnificus, -a, -um: magnificent, grand.

magnopere (adv.): greatly.

magnus, -a, -um: big, great.

magus, -ī, m.: wizard; maga, -ae, f.: witch.

maior, maius: bigger, greater (comparative of magnus).

maledīcō, maledīcere, maledīxī, maledictum (+ dat.): to curse, abuse; pronounce a curse against.

maledictum, -ī, n.: curse.

maleficium, -ī, n.: malicious act, wrong, injury.

maleus, -ī, m.: a hammer.

malevolēns, -entis: malevolent, spiteful.

malluvium, ī, n.: a basin.

mālō, mālle, māluī, – : to prefer.

mālum, -ī, n.: apple; mast (on a ship).

malus, -a, um: evil, bad; mala, -ōrum = “evils, troubles”; malē: evilly, vilely, cruelly.

mamma, -ae, f.: the breast, the teat.

mancus, -a, -um: crippled, mutilated.

mandō, mandāre, mandāvī, mandātum: to hand over; entrust to; prescribe; set forth.

mandātum, -ī, n.: an order, command, instruction.

māne (adv.): early, in the early morning.

maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsum: to stay, remain.

mānēs, -ium, m.: spirits of the dead.

manifestō, manifestāre, manifestāvī, manifestātum: to reveal, make known, clarify.

manifestō (adv.): manifestly, clearly.

manifestus, -a, -um: clear, distinct, exposed; (+ gen.): convicted of.

mānō, mānāre, mānāvī, mānātum: to trickle, seep, leak out, drip.

mānsuētus, -a, -um: tamed, tame, manageable.

manus, -ūs, f.: hand; band, group, bunch.

Marathōn, -ōnis. Marathon (a district in northern Attica); Marathōnius, -a, -um: of Marathon.

mare, -is, n.: sea.

margarīta, -ae, f.: a pearl.

marītīmus, -a, -um: maritime, of the sea.

marīnus, -a, -um: marine, of the sea.

marītus, -ī, m.: husband.

Mars, Martis: Mars (Greek Ares).

Marsyās, -ae. Marsyas (a satyr in Phrygia).

martiālis, -e: of Mars, pertaining to Mars; martial, military.

mas, maris, m.: the male (of a species).

masculīnus, -a, -um: male, masculine.

māter, mātris, f.: mother.

māternus, -a, -um: of the mother, maternal.

mātertera, -ae, f.: aunt (one’s mother’s sister).

mātrimōnium, -ī, n.: marriage.

mātrōna, -ae, f.: married woman, lady.

mātūtīnus, -a, -um: early, of morning, morning-.

mātūrō, mātūrāre, mātūrāvī, mātūrātum: to ripen, bring to maturity; to hasten.

mātūrus, -a, -um: ripened, ripe; mature.

maxilla, -ae, f.: the jaw.

maximus, -a, -um: very great, very large.

mē: see ego.

mēcum: see cum

Mēdēa, -ae, f.: Medea.

Medūsa, -ae. Medusa, Gorgon slain by Perseus, from whose blood sprang Pegasus.

medicāmentum, -ī, n.: a medicine, a drug.

medicīna, -ae, f.: medicine, the healing art; a redemy, a medicine.

medicinālis, -e: medicinal, of drugs.

medicus, -ī, m.: doctor, healer.

medius, -a, -um: middle; in mediō = “at hand; available”.

medulla, -ae, f.: the marrow (of the bones).

Mēdus, -ī. Medus, son of Medea by Aegeus.

mehercle (exclam.): By Hercules! By god!

mel, mellis, n.: honey.

membrum, -ī, n.: organ, limb, member, body part.

meminī, meminisse (defective vb.; + gen.): remember.

memor, -ōris (adj., + gen.): mindful (of …).

memōria, -ae, f.: memory, recollection.

mendācium, -ī, n.: lie.

mendāciunculum, -ī, n.: a little lie; a little white lie.

mendāx, -ācis: lying; (subst.) a liar.

mēns, mentis, f.: mind.

mēnsa, -ae, f.: table; (plur.) dinner, a meal.

mēnsis, -is, m.: month.

mercātor, -ōris, m.: merchant, trader.

Mercurius, -ī. Mercury (= Greek Hermes).

mereō, merēre, meruī, meritum (also as deponent): to merit, deserve, earn.

meretrīx, -trīcis: prostitute.

metallum, -ī, n.: metal.

meridiēs, -ēī, m.: midday, noon; the South; meridiē = “at noon”.

meritum, -ī, n.: thing deserved; desert; favor, service, kindness.

merus, -a, -um: pure, unmixed.

messis, -is, f.: harvest.

metuō, metuere, metuī, metūtum: to fear, be afraid of, shun.

metus, -ūs, m.: fear.

meus, -a, -um: my (voc. masc. sing. = mī).

Midās, -ae. Midas (a Phrygian king).

mīles, mīlitis, m.: soldier.

mīcō, mīcāre, mīcuī, – : to vibrate, quiver; sparlke, flash.

mihi: dative of ego – “for me” or “to me”

mīlia, -ium, n.: thousands.

mīlle (indecl.): thousand; (pl., as subst.) mīlia.

minae, -ārum, f.: threats, menace.

mīnāx, -ācis (adj.): threatening, menacing.

Minerva, -ae: Minerva (= Greek Athena).

minimē (adv.): not at all, not in the least.

minister, -trī, m.: attendant, servant.

ministerium, -ī, n.: service, performance; instrumentality, agency.

minitor, minitārī, minitātus sum: to threaten, menace.

mīnor, mīnārī, mīnātus sum: to overhang; impend; threaten.

mīnor, mīnus (comparative of parvus): smaller, less; younger.

Minōs, Minōis. Minos, ruler of Cnossus on Crete.

Minotaurus, -ī. the Minotaur.

minuō, minuere, minuī, minūtum: to lessen, diminish.

minutātim (adv.): bit by bit; in little bits.

Minyae, -ārum. Minyans (= the Argonauts).

mīrābilis, -e: wondrous, marvelous, strange; mīrābile dictū! = “a wonder to say!”; mīrābile vīsū! = “a wonder so see!”.

mīrificus, -a, -um: wondrous, astonishing.

mīror, mīrārī, mīrātus sum: to marvel, be amazed, look in amazement.

mīrus, -a, -um: marvellous, astounding, amazing.

misceō, miscēre, miscuī, mixtum: to mix, mingle.

miser, misera, -um: wretched, pathetic, miserable.

miserandus, -a, -um: worthy of pity, miserable, pitiable, pitiful.

misereō, miserēre or misereōr, miserērī (dep.; + gen.): to pity.

miseria, -ae, f.: misery, suffering.

misericordia, -ae, f.: pity, compassion.

misericors, -cordis, (adj.): tender-hearted, compassionate, moved to pity.

missiō, -ōnis, f.: release; remission; sine missiōne: ‘without quarter’, i.e. without taking hostages.

missus, -a, -um: sent.

mītis, -e: gentle, tame.

mittō, mittere, mīsī, missum: to send; to put; hurl.

mixtus, -a, -um: mixed.

mōbilis, -e: movable, changeable; fickle.

moderāmen, -minis, n.: control; steerage.

moderō, moderāre, moderāvī, moderātum: to guide, control, direct.

modo (adv.): only, merely; just now; modo … modo … = “now … now …”.

modus, -ī, m.: style, manner; quō modō = “how?”; quem ad modum = “how?”.

moenia, -ium, n.: walls, defensive walls.

mōlis, -is, f.: heap, mass.

mollis, -e: soft, delicate.

moneō, monēre, monuī, monitum: to warn, advise.

monīle, -is, n.: collar; necklace.

monitiō, -ōnis, f.: warning.

monitum, -ī, n.: warning; advice.

monoculus, -a, -um: one-eyed.

mōns, montis, m.: mountain.

mōnstrō, mōnstrāre, mōnstrāvī, mōnstrātum: to show, demonstrate.

mōnstrum, -ī, n.: monster; an omen, a warning; monstrōsus, -a, -um: unnatural, freakish, monstrous.

montānus, -a, -um: of the mountains, mountain-.

monumentum, -ī, n.: a monument; a memento; tomb, memorial.

mora, -ae, f.: delay.

morbus, -ī, m.: disease.

mordāx, -dācis: biting; painful.

mordeō, mordēre, memordī, morsum: to bite, nip; eat, devour; grip; cut, hurt.

morior, morī, moritūrus sum: to die.

moror, morārī, morātus sum: to delay, tarry; delay, detain, hinder, prevent.

mors, mortis, f.: death.

mortālis, -e: mortal.

mortuus, -a, -um: dead.

mōs, mōris, m.: habit, practice, custom; (plur.) character; mōs māiōrum is the tradition of the ancestors.

mōtus, -ūs, m.: movement; mōtus terrae = “earthquake”.

mōveō, mōvēre, mōvī, mōtum: to move; shake, disturb; remove, take away; rēs novās mōvēre = “to stir up a revolution”.

mox (adv.): soon.

mūgiō, mūgīre, mūgīvī, mūgītum: to bellow, roar.

mūgītus, -ūs, m.: bellow, roar.

mulceō, mulcēre, mulsī, mulsum: to stroke, pet; soothe.

mulgeō, mulgēre, mulsī, mulctum: to milk.

mulier, mulieris, f.: woman.

muliebris, -e: woman’s, feminine; womanly, female.

mulus, -ī, m.: a mule.

multa, -ae, f.: a fine, penalty, mulct.

multitūdō, -dinis, f.: multitude, crowd.

multus, -a, -um: (sing.) much; (pl.) many.

mundus, -ī, m.: world; ordered realm.

mūniō, mūnīre, mūnīvī, mūnītum: to fortify, secure, strenghten, protect.

mūnus, mūneris, n.: reward, gift, due; service, duty; rite, sacrifice.

murmur, -uris, n.: murmur, muttering.

murmurō, murmurāre, murmurāvī, murmurātum: to mutter, murmur, grumble.

murus, -ī, m.: wall (of a building).

Mūsa, -ae, f.: Muse.

mūsicus, -a, -um: musical, of music.

mūtābilis, -e: changeable, mutable; fickle.

mūtō, mūtāre, mūtāvī, mūtātum: to change, transform; + acc. & abl.: to barter/trade something for something else.

mūtus, -a, -um: mute, dumb, silent.

mūtuus, -a, -um: mutual, reciprocal.

Myrmidōnēs, -um. Myrmidons, the people of Thessaly whom Achilles led.

mystērium, -ī, n.: secret rite, mystery.