meatim mĕātim, adv.meus, in my manner, analog. to tuatim, after thy manner; acc. to Prisc. p. 949 P.; Donat. p. 1759 P.
meator mĕātor, ōris, m.meo, a passenger, traveller, wanderer: DOLE MEATOR QVISQVIS HOC LEGIS CARMEN, Inscr. ap. Guarin. in Prosod. Lat. Fundam. p. 133: INTERPRES DIVVM COELI TERRAEQVE MEATOR, of Mercury, as the messenger of the gods,Inscr. Orell. 1417.
meatus mĕātus, ūs, m.id., a going, passing, motion, course (poet. and post-Aug.). Lit.: solis lunaeque meatus,Lucr. 1, 128: caeli,Verg. A. 6, 850: aquilae,
,Claud. B. G. 336. The avenues of sensation in the body: homo septem meatus habet in capite, duos oculos, etc.,Mart. Cap. 7, § 739.
mecastor mecastor, v. Castor.
mechanema mēchănēma, ătis, n., = μηχάνημα, a piece of mechanism, a trick (post-class.), Sid. Ep. 1, 9.
mechanicus mēchănĭcus, a, um, adj., = μηχανικός, of or belonging to mechanics, mechanical (ante-class. and post-Aug.). Adj.: disciplina,Gell. 10, 12: opera,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 2, 2: ars, Firm. Math. 6, 31.Subst.mēchănĭcus, i, m., a mechanic, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. petauristas, p. 206 Müll.: sipho, quem diabeten vocant mechanici,Col. 3, 10, 2; Suet. Vesp. 18.mē-chănĭca, ae, f., mechanics: Cyriades mechanicae professor,Symm. Ep. 10, 38.mēchănĭca, ōrum, n., works of mechanical art, App. Mag. 61, p. 314, 6.
mechanisma mēchănisma, ătis, n., mechanical contrivance, mechanism, for mechanema (post-class.), Cassiod. Var. 1, 45.
Mechir Mechir, iris, m., the name of an Egyptian month, answering nearly to the Roman January and a part of February, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 106.
mecon mēcon, ōnis, f., = μήκων, a sort of poppy: tertium genus est tithymalon, mecona vocant,Plin. 20, 19, 80, § 209; App. Herb. 53; 91.
meconis mēcōnis, ĭdis, f., = μηκωνἰς, a kind of lettuce with a milky juice of a soporiferous quality, like the poppy, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 126; 20, 7, 26, § 67.
meconites mēcōnītes, ae, m., = μηκωνίτης, a precious stone resembling a poppy, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.
mecum mēcum, i. e. cum me, with me, like tecum, secum, etc., v. ego.
med med, for me, v. ego.
meddix meddix (medix), icis, m.from the root med-, medeor; cf. Homeric μέδοντες, he who cares for, attends to, a curator, the title of a magistrate among the Oscans: meddix apud Oscos nomen magistratūs est. Ennius: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Enn. Ann. v. 296 Vahl.). With the epithet tuticus (which prob. answers to the summus of Ennius, and is allied to totus), joined into one word, meddixtuticus or medixtuticus, Liv. 24, 19, 2; 26, 6, 13: is summus magistratus erat Campanis,id. 23, 35, 13.
Medea Mēdēa, ae (arch. gen. Medeaï, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; v. Enn. p. 127, v. 292 Vahl.; nom.Mēdē, acc. to id. p. 130, v. 311 Vahl.), and Mēdīa, f., = Μήδεια, a celebrated sorceress, daughter of Æetes, king of Colchis. She assisted her lover, Jason the Argonaut, in obtaining the golden fleece, accompanied him to Greece, and prevented her father, who was in pursuit, from overtaking them, by strewing the sea with her brother's limbs. When Jason afterwards repudiated her, in order to marry Creusa, she killed the children she had had by him, and burned the bride to death in her palace: item ut Medea Peliam concoxit senem,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; Ov. M. 7, 9 sqq.; Hyg. Fab. 21, 22, 25: ne pueros coram populo Medea trucidet,Hor. A. P. 185. The subject of tragedies by several authors, v. Quint. 10, 1, 98.Transf. Medea Palatina, i. e. Clodia, Cic. Cael. 8, 18. Medea nigra, a precious stone, so named after Medea, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173. Hence, Mēdēis, ĭdis, f.adj., Medean, magical (poet.): Medeides herbae,Ov. A. A. 2, 101.
medela mĕdēla (mĕdella, Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 204; Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Red. ad Quir. p. 251, 8 Bait.), ae, f.medeor, a healing, cure, a remedy (post-class.). Lit.: facere medelam,Gell. 12, 5, 3: facere medelarum miracula,id. 16, 11, 2: vulneribus medelas adhibere,App. M. 8, p. 210, 4.Trop., a remedy, means of redress: legum,Gell. 20, 1, 22; Aus. Prof. 15: quibus rebus veluti medela adventus Alexandri fuit,Just. 11, 1, 7.
medeor mĕdĕor, 2, v. dep. n. [root madh, to be wise; Zend, madha, the healing art; cf. μάθος, also medicus, re-med-ium], to heal, cure, be good for or against a disease (syn.: medico, sano, curo); constr. with dat., rarely with contra, very rarely with acc. (class.). Lit. Of pers. subjects: medico non solum morbus ejus, cui mederi volet, cognoscendus est,Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186. Prov.: cum capiti mederi debeam, reduviam curo,i. e.
to neglect matters of importance while attending to trifles
Medi Mēdi, ōrum, m., = Μῆδοι, the Medes;poet. also for the Assyrians, Persians, Parthians, Mel. 1, 2, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41; Hor. C. 1, 2, 51; 2, 16, 6; Luc. 8, 386; Pers. 3, 53. In sing.: Medusque et Indus,Hor. C. 4, 14, 42: pervigil,Val. Fl. 5, 604. Hence, Mēdus, a, um, adj., Median, Assyrian, etc.: Hydaspes,Verg. G. 4, 211: acinaces,Hor. C. 1, 27, 5: sagittae,Prop. 3, 10 (4, 11), 11: flumen, i. e. doubtless the Euphrates, the most famous river of the remote East; though some understand it to mean the river Medus, a small branch of the Araxes, mentioned by Strabo, Hor. C. 2, 9, 21.Mēdĭa, ae, f., = Μηδία, a country lying between Armenia, Parthia, Hyrcania, and Assyria, the modern Azerbijan, Shirvan, Ghilan, and Mazanderan, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 114; Verg. G. 2, 126.Mēdĭcus, a, um, adj., Median, Assyrian, Persian, etc.: vestis,
,Aus. Ep. 24, 54. Mē-dĭcus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Verus, on account of his victory over the Medes, Capitol. Verr. 7; v. Medica.
medialis mĕdĭālis, e, adj.medius, middle; subst.: mĕdĭāle, is, n., the middle (late Lat.), Sol. 20, 9 al.
medialis mĕdĭālis, e, adj.: medialem appellabant hostiam atram, quam meridie immolabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; cf. meridies init.
Mediamna Mĕdĭamna, ae, f.medius-amnis, = Μεσοποταμία, Mesopotamia, Prisc. 1097 P.
medians mĕdĭans, antis, P. a., v. medio.
medianus mĕdĭānus, a, um, adj.medius, that is in the middle, middle (except Vitr., only post-class.): columnae,Vitr. 3, 2, 6: acroteria,id. 3, 5, 12: capita leonina,id. 3, 5, 15: digitus,Veg. Vet. 2, 40, 3: filius,Hier. Ep. 73, 3: porta,Inscr. Fabr. 463, 95. Subst.: mĕdĭānum, i, n., the middle part, the middle: ex mediano coenaculi,Dig. 9, 3, 5, § 2. Plur.: mediana malvarum,Apic. 4, 2, 133.
mediastinus mĕdĭastīnus, i, m.id., a common servant, drudge, employed in all kinds of menial occupations (class.): tu illi mediastinus, Cato ap. Non. 143, 9: atque bubulcus,Lucil. ib. 7: exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis, ex agresti luxuria, ex rusticis mediastinis, decoctoribus,Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5 (dub.): tu mediastinus tacitā prece rura petebas,Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 14; Col. 2, 13, 7; 1, 9, 3: Prodicus instituens quam vocant iatralepticen, reunctoribus quoque medicorum, ac mediastinis vectigal invenit,i. e.
mediatenus mĕdĭātĕnus, adv.mediā tenus, like hactenus, as far as the middle, half way over, Mart. Cap. 6, § 683; 8, § 873init.
mediator mĕdĭātor, ōris, m.medius, a mediator (post-class., esp. in eccl. Lat.): tot mediatorum praesentia,App. M. 9, 36, p. 202: mediator unius non est,Vulg. Gal. 3, 20; cf. v. 19; id. Heb. 8, 6: mediator advenit, id est Deus in carne,Lact. 4, 25; Tert. Carn. 15; id. Resurr. 51 al.; Aug. Conf. 10, 42, 2 sq.
medicabilis mĕdĭcābĭlis, e, adj.medicor. Pass., that can be healed or cured, curable (poet. and not ante-Aug.): nullis amor est medicabilis herbis,Ov. M. 1, 523; id. H. 5, 149: vulnus,Sil. 10, 416.Act., healing, curative, medicinal (post-Aug.): sucus,Col. 7, 10, 8: mel,Pall. Jan. 15, 19: carmen,
medicabulum mĕdĭcābŭlum, i, n.id., a healthy place (post-class.): aegris medicabula, App Flor. p. 353, 6.
medicamen mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n.id., a drug, medicament, in a good and a bad sense, meaning both a healing substance, remedy, medicine, and, as also medicamentum and the Gr. φάρμακον, a poisonous drug, poison (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; only once in Cic.; cf., on the contrary, medicamentum). Lit., a remedy, antidote, medicine: violentis medicaminibus curari, * Cic. Pis. 6, 13: agrestia medicamina adhibent,Tac. A. 12, 51: facies medicaminibus interstincta,
plasters
,id. ib. 4, 57: medicamen habendum est,Juv. 14, 254: medicaminis datio vel impositio,Cod. Just. 6, 23, 28: potentia materni medicaminis,Pall. 3, 28: tantum (ejus) medicamina possunt quae steriles facit,Juv. 6, 595.Trop., a remedy, antidote (poet.): iratae medica mina fortia praebe,Ov. A. A. 2, 489 sq.. quasso medicamina Imperio circumspectare, Sil. 15, 7, 1.Transf.A poisonous drug, poison: infusum delectabili cibo boletorum venenum, nec vim medicaminis statim mtellectam,Tac. A. 12, 67: noxium,id. ib. 14, 51: impura,Flor. 2, 20, 7; Val. Fl. 8, 17.A coloring-matter, tincture, dye, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135: croceum,Luc. 3, 238. In partic., a paint, wash, cosmetic: est mihi, quo dixi vestrae medicamina formae, Parvus, sed cura grande libellus opus, i. e. the treatise Medicamina faciei, Ov. A. A. 3, 205: facies medicamine attrita,Petr. 126. In gen., an artificial means of improving a thing: qui (caseus) exiguum medicaminis habet,i. e.
medicamentarius mĕdĭcāmentārĭus, a, um, adj.medicamentum, of or belonging to drugs or to poisons; only subst.mĕdĭcāmen-tārĭus, ii, m.A druggist, apothecary, Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 110.A preparer of poisons: homicida vel medicamentarius, Cod. Th. 3, 16, 1.mĕdĭcāmentā-rĭa, ae, f., a female mixer of poisons: moecha vel medicamentaria, Cod. Th. 3, 16, 1.The art of preparing drugs, pharmacy: medicamentaria a Chirone (reperta),Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196.
medicamentosus mĕdĭcāmentōsus, a, um, adj.id., that has a healing power, medicinal (perh. only ἅπαξ εἰρημ.; in Cato, R. R. 157, 2 dub.; al. medicamento): aqua,Vitr. 8, 3, 4.
medicamentum mĕdĭcāmentum, i, n.medicor, a drug, remedy, physic, medicine, medicament. Lit.: medicamentum alicui dare ad aquam intercutem,Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92: haurire,Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174: sumere,
medicatio mĕdĭcātĭo, ōnis, f.id., lit., a healing, cure; hence, in agriculture, a besprinkling with vegetable juices, e. g., of lentils, to preserve them from the corn-worm, Col. 2, 10, 16.
medicator mĕdĭcātor, ōris, m.id., a physician (post-class.): annunciari Christum medicatorem,Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 17; Avien. Arat. 216.
medicatus mĕdĭcātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. medico.
medicatus mĕdĭcātus, ūs, m.medicor, a charm (poet.), Ov. H. 12, 165.
medicina mĕdĭcīna, ae, v. medicinus, II.
medicinalis mĕdĭcīnālis, e, adj.medicina, of or pertaining to medicine, medical, medicinal (not ante-Aug.): ars, Cels. praef.: cucurbitulae,
medicinus mĕdĭcīnus, a, um, adj.1. medicus, of or belonging to a physician or surgeon, medical (as adj. only ante- and post-class.; as subst. class.). Adj.: ars,
,Quint. 7, 2, 26: clarus medicinā,Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 15. (Sc. officina.) The shop of a physician or surgeon; the booth in which a physician waited on his patients and vended his medicines (rare; not in Cic.): in medicinis, in tonstrinis,Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 6; cf.: veteres absolute dicebant pistrinam et sutrinam et medicinam, Don. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 45 (the taberna of the physician is mentioned in Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 12). (Sc. res.) A remedy, medicine. Lit.: si medicus veniat, qui huic morbo facere medicinam potest,i. e.
medico mĕdĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.1. medicus, to heal, cure (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. medeor). Lit. With acc.: ego istum lepide medicabo metum,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 40: (apes) odore galbani,Col. 9, 13, 7: vulneris aestus,Sil. 6, 98: furores,Nemes. Ecl. 2, 28. With dat.: tremulis membris,Ser. Samm. 48, 902.Transf.To impart the virtue of a remedy, give healing power to: hoc fusum labris splendentibus amnem Inficit, occulte medicans,Verg. A. 12, 418.To besprinkle with the juice of herbs, to medicate: semina,
medicor mĕdĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [id.], to heal, cure. Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). With dat.: senibus medicantur anhelis,Verg. G. 2, 135. With acc.: cuspidis ictum,Verg. A. 7, 756.Trop., to cure, relieve (ante-class.): cum ego possim in hac re medicari mihi,Ter. And. 5, 4, 41: alicui,id. ib. 5, 1, 12: ego istum lepide medicabor metum,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 40 Weise (Lorenz, medicabo).
medicus mĕdĭcus, a, ummedeor, of or pertaining to healing, healing, curative, medical (as adj., poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Adj.: medicas adhibere manus ad vulnera,Verg. G. 3, 455: ars,Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 12: potus,Nemes. Cyn. 222: vis,Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202: salubritas,id. 5, 16, 15, § 72: usus,id. 22, 25, 81, § 163: digitus, the next to the little finger (cf. medicinalis), id. 30, 12, 34, § 108. Transf., magical: Marmaridae, medicum vulgus, ad quorum tactum mites jacuere cerastae,Sil. 3, 300.Subst.: mĕdĭcus, i, m.A medical man, physician, surgeon (class.): medicus nobilissimus atque optimus quaeritur,Cic. Clu. 21, 57: medicum arcessere,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 122: admovere aegro,Suet. Ner. 37: vulnerum,
a surgeon
,Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 22: caeduntur tumidae medico ridente mariscae, Juv. 2, 13; cf.: medicus ait se obligasse crus fractum Aesculapio, Apollini autem bracchium,Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 9: MEDICVS CLINICVS, CHIRVRGVS, OCVLARIVS,Inscr. Orell. 2983: AVRICVLARIVS,ib. 4227: IVMENTARIVS,ib. 4229; cf.: medici pecorum,Varr. R. R. 2, 7 fin.: LEGIONIS,Inscr. Orell. 448; 4996: DVPLARIVS TRIREMIS,ib. 3640: instrumentum medici,Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 62. Prov.: medice, cura teipsum,Vulg. Luc. 4, 23.The finger next the little finger, Gr. δάκτυλος ἰατρικός, Auct. Her. 3, 20, 33.mĕdĭ-ca, ae, f., a female physician (post-class.), App. M. 5, p. 363 Oud.; Inscr. Orell. 4230 sq.; Inscr. Grut. 635, 9; 636, 1 sq. Also, a midwife, Interpr. Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 8; Ambros. Ep. 5.mĕdĭca, ōrum, n., medicinal herbs, Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 89.
Medicus Mēdĭcus, a, um, v. Medi, II. B.
medidies mĕdīdies, v. meridies.
medie mĕdĭē, adv., v. medius fin.
medietas mĕdĭĕtas, ātis, f.medius, the middle, place in the middle, midst (in Cic. only as transl. of the Gr. μεσότης; elsewhere postclass.). Lit.: vix audeo dicere medietates, quas Graeci μεσότητας appellant, Cic. Univ. 7, 20: narium,Lact. 10, 19: totius loci,App. M. 2, p. 116, 6: sic feliciore loco medietatis est positus (sc. homo),App. Asclep. 6, p. 79: in mediatate distinctis aquis,Tert. de Bapt. 3.Transf., a half, moiety (syn. dimidium): decoquere aliquid usque ad medietatem,Pall. Mart. 10, 10 and 30: sulcum usque ad medietatem replere,id. Mai. 3: debiti, Cod. Th. 4, 19, 1.Trop., a middle course, medium: medietatem quandam sequi,Dig. 5, 4, 3 fin.; Arn. 2, 65: ejusmodi medietates inter virtutes et vitia intercedere,App. Dogm. Plat. p. 14, 3.
medilunius mĕdĭlūnĭus, a, um, adj.mediusluna, in the middle of the month, having half a disk, half-orbed (post-class): (luna) primo est corniculata, deinde medilunia,Mart. Cap. 7, § 738.
medimnum mĕdimnum, i, n., and mĕdim-nus, i, m., = μέδιμνος, a Greek measure of corn, a Greek bushel (containing six modii): primus, secundus, tertius medimnus, Lucil. ap. Non. 213, 21; so in masc. form, Nep. Att. 2 fin.: medimnum tritici seritur,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112: ut quot jugera sunt sata, totidem medimna decumae debeantur,id. ib. 2, 3, 47, § 113; in gen. plur.: medimnūm,id. ib.; so id. ib. 2, 3, 37, § 84; 2, 3, 39, § 90; Varr. ap. Non. 495, 32 (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 107).
medio mĕdĭo, 1, v. a.medius, to halve, divide in the middle (post-class.), Apic. 3, 9. Neutr., to be in the middle: melius Juno mediante,Pall. Mart. 10, 32.
mediocriculus mĕdĭō^crĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [mediocris], rather middling: exercitus, Cato ap. Fest. p. 154, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 155 Müll.
mediocris mĕdĭō^cris, e (ō usually; rarely ŏ), adj.medius, in a middle state between too much and too little, middling, moderate, tolerable, ordinary; sometimes also, not remarkable, indifferent, mediocre. In gen. (class.). Lit., of size, quantity, degree, etc., in material things: castellum,Sall. J. 92, 5: spatium,Caes. B. G. 5, 43: agmen,Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: intervallum,id. B. Alex. 30. Of mind, character, ability, acts, achievements, etc.: C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres,Cic. Brut. 36, 136: L. Cotta in mediocrium oratorum numero,id. ib. 36, 137: non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti,id. Rep. 3, 11, 19: homines,id. de Or. 1, 21, 94: vir,Just. 1, 4, 4: poëta,Hor. A. P. 372: in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4: amicitia,id. Lael. 6, 10: malum,id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22: artes,id. de Or. 1, 2, 6: eloquentia,id. ib. 1, 29, 133: ingenium,id. ib. 2, 27, 119: excusare ... mediocris est animi,
narrow, small
,Caes. B. C. 3, 20: ut mediocris jacturae te mergat onus,Juv. 13, 7. Esp. Per litoten, with non (haud, nec), not insignificant, not common or trivial: Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant,i. e.
ardent, ambitious
,Sall. J. 8, 1: non mediocris hominis haec sunt officia,Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9: haud mediocris hic, ut ego quidem intellego, vir fuit,Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61: non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat,
uncommon, extraordinary
,Caes. B. G. 3, 20: praemium non mediocre,Suet. Vesp. 18: non mediocris dissensio,Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep. With syllaba, common = anceps: syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura,Gell. 16, 18, 5. Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō^crĭ-ter. Moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not particularly, not very, not remarkably, not much (class.): ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: corpus mediocriter aegrum,id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22. By litotes, with haud, ne, non (cf.: supra, mediocris, II. A.): flagitium, et damnum haud mediocriter,Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13: non mediocriter,
mediocritas mĕdĭō^crĭtas, ātis, f.mediocris. A middle state, a medium, mean; moderateness, moderation (class.): mediocritatem illam tenere, quae est inter nimium et parum,Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89; 1, 39, 140: in dicendo,
Mediolanum Mĕdĭōlānum or Mĕdĭōlānĭum, i, n.A city in Gallia Cisalpina, the capital of the Insubres, the mod. Milan. Form Mediolanum, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124; Just. 29, 5, 8; Tac. H. 1, 70; Aus. de Clar. Urb. 4, 1. Form Mediolanium, Liv. 5, 34, 9; 34, 46, 1; Suet. Aug. 20. Hence, Mĕdĭōlā-nensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Milan, Milanese: (ager),Varr. R. R. 1, 8: praeco,Cic. Pis. 26, 62. In plur.: Mĕdĭōlānen-ses, ĭum, m., the Milanese, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2. The chief city of the Santoni in Gaul, on the river Carantonus, now Saintes, Amm. 15, 11, 12; Itin. Anton. p. 459, 3.
Mediomatrici Mĕdĭōmātrĭci, ōrum, m., a people of Gaul, on the Moselle, in the neighborhood of Metz, Caes. B. G. 4, 10. Hence, Mĕdĭ-ōmātrĭcus, a, um, adj. In sing., Inscr. Grut. 731, 12; and in fem., Inscr. Orell. 3523.
Medion Mĕdĭon, ōnis, f., a city of Acarnania, Liv. 36, 11, 10; 36, 12, 1; 44, 23, 3. Hence, Mĕdĭōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Medion. Plur. subst.: Mĕ-dĭōnii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Medion, Liv. 36, 12, 3.
medioxime mĕdĭoxĭmē (mĕdĭoxŭmē), adv., v. medioximus fin.
medioximus mĕdĭoxĭmus (mĕdĭoxŭmus), a, um, adj.superlative of an obsolete mediox for medius. In the middle, middlemost: medio actum modo,Non. 141, 4: medioximus, μέσος, Gloss. Philox. (anteand post-class.): medioxumam quam duxit uxorem,Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 67: ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,i. e.
holding a middle place between the supernal and infernal deities
,id. ib. 2, 1, 35: tertium habent (deorum genus), quos medioximos Romani veteres appellant, quod et sui ratione et loco et potestate diis summis sunt minores, hominum natura profecto majores, between gods and men, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 8: quidam aras superiorum deorum volunt esse, medioxumorum, id est marinorum, focos, inferorum mundos,i. e.
the sea-gods, between those of heaven and those of Hades
,Serv. Verg. A. 3, 134. Of tutelar deities: hos omnes Graeci δαίμονας dicunt, ἀπὸ τοῦ δαήμονας εἶναι: Latini medioximos vocitarunt,Mart. Cap. 2, § 154.Middling, moderate: medioximum mediocre, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. Hence, *adv.: mĕdĭ-oxĭmē (mĕdĭoxŭmē), moderately, tolerably, Varr. ap. Non. 141, 7.
medipontus medipontus, i, m., a kind of thick rope (ante-class.): medipontos privos loreos (al. melipontos),Cato, R. R. 3, 5; 12.
meditabundus mĕdĭtābundus, a, um, adj.meditor, earnestly meditating, designing; with acc. (post-class.): Romanum meditabundus bellum,Just. 38, 3, 7.
meditamen mĕdĭtāmen, ĭnis, n.id., a thinking of any thing, a preparation (poet.): meditamina belli,Sil. 8, 326: rerum,Prud. Psych. 234.
meditamentum mĕdĭtāmentum, i, n.id., a thinking of any thing, a preparation. In gen.: belli,Tac. H. 4, 26; id. A. 15, 35: arietum meditamenta,
thoughtfully prepared battering-rams
,Amm. 23, 4, 10. * In partic.; plur.: puerilia, rudiments taught to children at school, Gell. 8, 10in lemm.
meditatiuncula mĕdĭtātĭuncŭlā, ae, f.dim. of meditatio, a small or trifling preparation, Claud. Mam. de Stat. Anim. 1, 3.
meditativus mĕdĭtātīvus, a, um, adj.meditor, meditative (post-class.): meditativa verba, which signify a desire to perform an action, also called desiderativa (as lecturio, etc.), Diom. p. 336 P.; Prisc. 825 ib.
meditator mĕdĭtātor, ōris, m.id., one who thinks or plans, a meditator (post-class.): meditator (al. meditatus), Prud. στεφ. 5, 265.
meditatorium mĕdĭtātōrĭum, ii, n.meditator. A preparation (eccl. Lat.): meditatorium Evangelii,Hier. Ep. 78.A place of preparation, Hier. in Jovin. 2, 12.
meditatus mĕdĭtātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from meditor, q. v.
meditatus mĕdĭtātus, ūs, m.meditor, a thinking, meditating upon any thing, a meditation, i. q. meditatio (post-class.), App. M. 3, p. 135, 31.
mediterraneus mĕdĭ-terrānĕus, a, um, adj.mediusterra, midland, inland, remote from the sea, mediterranean (opp. to maritimus). Adj. (class.): nascitur ibi plumbum album in mediterraneis regionibus, in maritimis ferrum,Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5: locus (opp. maritimus),Quint. 5, 10, 37: homines maxime mediterranei,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70: Enna mediterranea est maxime,id. ib. 2, 3, 83, § 191: commercium,Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 63: jurisdictiones,id. 5, 28, 29, § 105: copiae,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 28. Esp., in late Lat.: Mediterraneum mare, the Mediterranean Sea, for Mare magnum, Isid. Orig. 13, 16.Subst.: mĕdĭterrānĕum, i, n., the interior (post-Aug.): in mediterraneo est Segeda,Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 10. In plur.: mĕdĭterrānĕa, ōrum, n., the inland parts, interior of a country: Galliae,Liv. 21, 31, 2: in mediterraneis Hispaniae,Plin. 33, 12, 51, § 158.
mediterreus mĕdĭterrĕus, a, umid., inland, remote from the sea, another form of the preceding word: mediterream melius quam mediterraneam Sisenna dici putat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123, 22 Müll.
meditor mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n.Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. μάθος, μανθάνω, μήδομαι; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.). Lit. With acc.: semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34: ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2: nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,id. de Or. 1, 8, 32: fugam ad legiones,Suet. Tib. 65: cor tuum meditabitur timorem,i. e.
,Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113. Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87: semina meditantur aristas,Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry: clamabo, meditabor ut columba,Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11. In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare): adulteria meditantur,Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1. But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um. Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.): cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88: probe meditatam utramque duco,id. Mil. 3, 3, 29: murmura,Juv. 6, 539.Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied: meditati sunt doli docte,Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30: ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27: meditatum et cogitatum scelus,id. Phil. 2, 34, 85: meditatum cogitatumque verbum,id. ib. 10, 2, 6: accuratae et meditatae commentationes,id. de Or. 1, 60, 257: oratio,Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12: doli,Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech: sive meditata sive subita proferret,Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2. Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.): ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,
Meditrina Mĕdĭtrīna, ae, f.medeor, with fem. suffix -tri-, as in nutrix, genetrix; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 522, the goddess of Healing;v.the foll. art.
Meditrinalia Mĕdĭtrīnālĭa, ĭum, n.Meditrina, a festival celebrated on the 11th of October in honor of Meditrina (on which occasion a libation of new wine was made for the first time): Octobri mense Meditrinalia dies dictus a medendo, quod Flaccus flamen Martialis dicebat, hoc die solitum vinum novum et vetus libari et degustari medicamenti causā: quod facere solent etiam nunc multi cum dicant: Novum vetus vinum libo: novo veteri vino morbo medeor,Varr. L. L. 6, § 21 Müll.: Meditrinalia dicta hac de causa. Mos erat Latinis populis, quo die quis primum gustaret mustum, dicere ominis gratiā: vetus novum vinum bibo, veteri novo morbo medeor. A quibus verbis etiam Meditrinae deae nomen conceptum ejusque sacra Meditrinalia dicta sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123, 15 Müll.; v. also Calend. Maff. et Amit. in Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 400.
meditullium mĕdĭtullĭum, ii, n.medius and tollus, old form of tellus, q. v., the middle (ante- and post-class.): in finitimo, legitimo, aeditimo non plus inesse timum, quam in meditullio, tullium, Serv. ap. Cic. Top. 8, 36: in ipso meditullio scenae,App. M. 10, p. 254, 30: medio luci meditullio,id. ib. 5, p. 159: indifferentia ... nec bona nec mala sed velut in meditullio posita, Sen. ap. Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, p. 191 (Fragm. 45 Haas); Hier. Gal. 5, 19 sqq.; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 1, 32: virtutes in meditullio quodam virtutum sunt sitae,App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 15.
medium mĕdĭum, i, v. medius, II.
medius mĕdĭus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. μέσος; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc., that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.). Adj.Lit.: terra complexa medium mundi locum,Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17: medium mundi locum petere,id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,id. de Or. 3, 50, 192: ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: in foro medio,
,Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9: scrupulum croci,Pall. Jan. 18: aurum ... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin.Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate. Of age: aetatis mediae vir,
of middle age
,Phaedr. 2, 2, 3. Of plans, purposes, etc.: nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,Liv. 2, 49, 5: medium quiddam tenere,Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9. Of intellect: eloquentiā medius,
,Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in agood or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning: medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.: ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf. sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,
which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent
,Quint. 2, 20, 1.Intermediate: medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,
of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree
,Liv. 1, 32, 4: nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,Quint. 6, 1, 45: ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,Quint. 6, 2, 17. Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator: medium sese offert,
oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators
,Ov. R. Am. 678.Central, with ex or in: ex factione media consul,
fully committed to it
,Sall. H. 3, 61, 8; so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs ... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,
these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy
,Quint. 1, 2, 18: media inter pocula,Juv. 8, 217. Hence,Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst. Lit. Of space (very rare in Cic.): in medio aedium sedens,Liv. 1, 57, 9: maris,id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2: medio viae ponere,id. 37, 13, 10: in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38: medio montium porrigitur planities,id. ib. 1, 64: medio stans hostia ad aras,Verg. G. 3, 486: medio tutissimus ibis,Ov. M. 2, 137: in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,Verg. A. 5, 401: in medium sarcinas coniciunt,Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13: equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,id. 21, 46, 9. Trop.: tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,
,Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.Transf.The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.): in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,
,id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal: rem in medium vocare coeperunt,id. Clu. 28, 77: in medio relinquere,
,id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die: e medio excessit,
she is dead
,Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74: ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,id. ib. 5, 8, 30: tollite lumen e medio,Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw: cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112: in medio esse,
,Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air: scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,Pall. 1, 35, 12.A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.): scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,Varr. R. R. 2, 7: scrobem ad medium completo,Col. Arb. 4, 5. Hence,Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.): qui noluerant medie,
kept quiet, remained neutral
,Tac. H. 1, 19: nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.: ortus medie humilis,Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.
medius mĕdĭus fĭdĭus and mĕdĭusfĭdĭ-us, v. Fidius.
medix medix, v. meddix.
medixtuticus medixtutĭcus, v. meddix.
Medobrega Medobrēga (Medubrīga, Mun-dobrīga), ae, f., a city in Lusitania, now Portalegre, Auct. B. Alex. 48, 4. Hence, Medubrīgenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Medobrega, Auct. B. Alex. 48; Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 118; al. Medubricenses. Also written ‡ MEIDVBRIGENSES,Inscr. Orell. 162.
Medon Mĕdon, ontis, m., = Μέδων. A Centaur, Ov. M. 12, 303.Son of Codrus, king of Athens, the first archon; hence, Mĕdontĭdae, ārum, m., his descendants, Vell. 1, 2, 2.One of Penelope's suitors; acc. Medonta, Sabin. Ep. 1, 47.
Medubrigenses Medubrīgenses, ĭum, v. Medobrega.
Meduli Mĕdŭli, ōrum, m., a people in Aquitanian Gaul, whose coast was famous for its oysters, in the mod. Medoc, Aus. Ep. 4, 2; 7, 1. Hence, Mĕdŭlus or Mĕdŭ-lĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Meduli, Medulian, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.Mĕdŭlĭcus, a, um, adj., Medulian: supellex,i. e.
oysters
,Sid. Ep. 8, 12.
medulla mĕdulla, ae, f.medius, the marrow of bones; the pith of plants (class.). Lit., Hor. Epod. 5, 37: cumque albis ossa medullis,Ov. M. 14, 208: ossa regum vacuis exsucta medullis,Juv. 8, 90: per media foramina a cerebro medullā descendente,Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 178.Transf., the pith, inside, kernel: vitis medullā,Col. 3, 18, 5; Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103: frumenta, quae salsā aquā sparsa moluntur, candidiorem medullam reddunt,i. e.
,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 17.Trop., the marrow, kernel, innermost part, best part, quintessence: at ego pereo, cui medullam lassitudo perbibit,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 18: cum hic fervor tamquam in venis medullisque insederit,Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 24; cf.: in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant,id. Phil. 1, 15, 36: haec mihi semper erunt imis infixa medullis,Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 9: qui mihi haeres in medullis,
medullaris mĕdullāris, e, adj.medulla, situated in the marrow or inmost part (post-class.): dolor,App. M. 7, p. 193, 26.
medullatus mĕdullātus, a, um, adj.id., possessed of marrow, marrowy; hence, rich, fat, abounding in richness (post-class.): convivium pinguium medullatorum,Vulg. Isa. 25, 6; cf. id. ib. 34, 6.
Medulli Mĕdulli, ōrum, m., an Alpine people in Sabaudia, Inscr. ap. Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 137; Vitr. 8, 3, 20. Hence, Mĕdullīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Medulli, Medullian: Medullini te feret aura noti,i. e.
Alpine wind
,Aus. Ep. 5, 27.
Medullia Medullĭa, ae, f., or Medullum, i, n., a little town in Latium, near the modern Monte Verde, Liv. 1, 33, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68. Hence, Medullīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Medullia, Medullian; as subst.Mĕdullīnus, i, m., a Roman surname; e. g. L. Furius Medullinus, Liv. 4, 25, 5.Mĕdullīna, ae, f.: Livia Medullina,Suet. Claud. 26; Juv. 6, 322. In plur. subst.: Medullīni, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Medullia, Inscr. Orell. 535.
Medullinus Medullīnus, a, um, adj. From Medulli. From Medullia.
medullitus mĕdullĭtus, adv.medulla, in the marrow, to the very marrow, in the inmost part (ante- and post-class.). Lit.: medullitus aquiloniam intus servat frigedinem, Varr. ap. Non. 139, 9.Trop., inwardly, from the heart, thoroughly: qui mortalibus Versus propinas flammeos medullitus, Enn. ap. Non. 33, 7, and 139, 14 (Sat. v. 7 Vahl.): ut videas eam medullitus me amare,
medullo mĕdullo, 1, v. a.id., to fill with marrow (post-class.): cura nimia medullatos artus magni facit,App. Dogm. Plat. 2, 16, p. 21, 13: quando ossa incipiunt medullari,Aug. Anim. 4, 5; Ven. Carm. 3, 7 fin.
medullosus mĕdullōsus, a, um, adj.id., full of marrow, marrowy (post-Aug.): umerus,Cels. 8, 1, 102 sq.
Medullus Medullus, i, m., a mountain in Hispania Tarraconensis, Flor. 4, 12, 50; Oros. 6, 21.
Medulus Mĕdŭlus, a, um, adj., v. Meduli.
Medus Mēdus, a, um, v. Medi, II. A.
Medus Mēdus, i, m., son of Ægeus and Medea; the title of a tragedy of Pacuvius, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114.
Medus Mēdus, i, m., = Μῆδος, a small river of Persia, a tributary of the Araxes, now the Polwar, Curt. 5, 4, 7; v. also Medi.
Medusa Mĕdūsa, ae, f., = Μέδουσα, daughter of Phorcus; she captivated Neptune with her golden hair, and became by him the mother of Pegasus. Minerva, as a punishment, turned her hair into serpents, and gave to her eyes an enchanted power of converting everything they looked upon to stone. Perseus, provided with the shield of Pallas, slew her, and carried off her head, while from the blood that dropped from it serpents sprung, Ov. M. 4, 654; 793; Luc. 9, 626. Hence, Mĕdūsaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Medusa, Medusan (poet.): monstrum,Ov. M. 10, 22: equus,i. e.
Megaera Mĕgaera, ae, f., = Μέγαιρα. One of the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 846; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 387.Transf., a fury: Megaera quaedam mortalis,Amm. 14, 1, 2.
Megale Mĕgălē, ēs, f., = Μεγάλη (the great, exalted), a surname of the Magna Mater, Calend. Verrii Fl. in Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 389; v.the foll. Derivv. Mĕgă-lensis (Mĕgălēsis), e, adj.Of or belonging to the Magna Mater (only postAug.): ludorum Megalesium spectaculum,Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.: ludis Megalensibus,Gell. 2, 24, 1: Megalensibus sacris,Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123.Of or belonging to the Megalesia, Megalesian: Megalensis purpura,i. e.
the festival dress of the prætor worn at the Megalesia
,Mart. 10, 41, 5. Most freq. in neutr. plur. subst.: Mĕgălensia, or, in the archaic form, Mĕgălēsia, ĭum, n., also Magalesia ludi, the festival in honor of the Magna Mater, celebrated annually on the 4th of April with processions and games: Megalensia, Calend. Praenest. Verrii in Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 388 and 399; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; v. also Müll. ib. p. 400 sq.; and cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.: scripsi haec ipsis Megalensibus,Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2: pertulere deam (Magnam Matrem) pridie Idus Aprilis: isque dies festus fuit: populus frequens dona deae in Palatium tulit lectisterniumque et ludi fuere, Megalesia appellata,Liv. 29, 14 fin.; cf. id. 36, 36; Auct. Harusp. 12, 24: Megalesia,Liv. 34, 54: Megalesia ludi,Ov. F. 4, 357; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 52; Juv. 6, 69.Mĕgălēsĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Megalesia, Megalesian: mappae,Juv. 11, 191; Schol. Juv. ib.
Megalensia Mĕgălensĭa or Mĕgălēsĭa, ĭum, and Mĕgălensis, v. Megale, II. A.
Megalepolis Mĕgălēpŏlis, v. Megalopolis.
Megalesiacus Mĕgălēsĭăcus, a, um, v. Megale, II. B.
megalium mĕgălīum (mĕgallīum), ii, n., = μεγάλειον, a kind of ointment: postea multo successit propter gloriam appellatum megalium, ex oleo balanino, balsamo, calamo, junco, xylobalsamo, casia, resina,Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.
Megalobusus Mĕgălŏbūsus (-byzus), i, m., = Μεγαλόβυζος, the father of Theotimus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 74.
megalographia mĕgălŏgrăphĭa, ae, f., = μεγαλογραφία, the painting of large or grand subjects (opp. ῥυπαρογραφία, the painting of small subjects), Vitr. 7, 4, 4; 7, 5, 2.
Megalopolis Mĕgălŏpŏlis, is, f., or Mĕgălē pŏ-lis (acc.Mĕgălēn pŏlin), f., = Μεγαλόπολις or Μεγάλη πόλις, a city of Arcadia, the birthplace of Polybius. Form Megalopolis, Liv. 36, 31, 6; 45, 28, 4. Form Megale polis, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Liv. 32, 5, 5; 35, 36, 10. Hence, Mĕgălŏpŏlītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Megalopolis, Liv. 28, 8.Mĕgălŏpŏlītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Megalopolis, Megalopolitan, Liv. 36, 13. Subst.: Mĕ-gălŏpŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Megalopolis, Liv. 32, 22.
Megapenthes Mĕgăpenthes, is, m., = Μεγαπένθης, a son of Prœtus, Hyg. Fab. 244.
Megareus Mĕgărēus (quadrisyl.), a, um, adj. = Μεγαρεῖος, of or belonging to the city of Megara (in Megaris), Megarean (class.): Euclides Socratis discipulus, Megareus,Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129.
Megareus Mĕgăreus (trisyl.), i, m., = Μεγαρεύς, a son of Neptune, and father of Hippomenes, Hyg. Fab. 157 and 185; Ov. M. 10, 605. Hence, Mĕgărēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Megareus, Megareian (poet.): heros,i. e.
Megiste Mĕgistē, ēs, f., = Μεγίστη, a Roman name given to slaves, Inscr. Fabr. p. 189, n. 433.
Megisto Mĕgistō, ūs, or ōnis, f., = Μεγιστώ, daughter of Ceteus, Hyg. Astr. 2, 1.
mehe mehe, for me, v. ego init.
mehercle mehercle, mehercŭle, and me-hercŭles, v. Hercules.
meio mēio, ĕre, v. n.for migio, kindred with Sanscr. mih, effundere; whence also mingo; cf. Gr. ὀμιχέω, ὀμίχλη, to make water: sacer est locus, extra Meiite,Pers. 1, 114: HOSPES AD HVNC TVMVLVM NE MEIAS,Inscr. Orell. 4781: mala meiens,Cat. 97, 8; cf. Juv. 1, 131. Transf., of a vessel, Mart. 12, 32, 13. In a double sense: ditior aut formae melioris meiat eodem,Hor. S. 2, 7, 52. Prov.: caldum meiere et frigidum potare,i. e.
to give more than one receives
,Petr. 67, 10.
mel mĕl, mellis (abl. sing. melli, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20. Gen. and dat. plur. obsol. acc. to Prisc. p. 744 P.), n.Gr. μέλι, honey; μέλισσα, bee; cf. mulsus, honey. Lit.: hoc est melli dulci dulcius,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 20 (Spengel, dulce): villa abundat lacte, caseo, melle,Cic. Sen. 16, 56; cf. Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 33: roscida mella,Verg. E. 4, 30: mellis vindemia,Col. 9, 15, 1.Trop., honey for sweetness, pleasantness: poëtica mella,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44: hoc juvat et melli est,
is pleasant
,id. S. 2, 6, 32. Of sweetness, pleasantness of speech: Nestoreum mel, Auct. Pan. ad Pison. 64: Homerici senis mella,Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 3. Prov.: quia te tango, mel mihi videor lingere,
Mela Mĕla, ae, m.prob. from μέλας, a Roman proper name, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 3: Pomponius Mela, a Roman geographer, a native of Spain, under the emperor Claudius; v. Teuffel, Röm. Litt. § 291.
Melae Melae, ārum, f., a town in the Samnite country, Liv. 24, 20; called also Meles, ĭum, Liv. 27, 1.
Melambium Melambĭum, i, n., a place in Thessaly, near Scotussa, Liv. 33, 6.
melamphyllon mĕlamphyllon, i, n., = μελάμφυλλον, a plant, also called acanthus and paederos, Plin. 22, 22, 34, § 76.
melampodion mĕlampŏdĭon, ii, n., = μελαμπόδιον, black hellebore, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 47.
melampsythium mĕlampsythĭum, ii, n., = μελαμψύθιον, black raisin-wine, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80.
melancoryphos mĕlancŏryphos, i, m., = μελαγκόρυφος (having a black crown), the black cap, the name of a kind of snipe, Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86: genus avium, quae Latine vocantur atricapillae, eo, quod summa eorum capita nigra sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124, 15 Müll.; Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86.
melancranis mĕlancrānis, is, f., = μελάγκρανις (black-head), a kind of rush with black seeds, Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 112.
melandryum mĕlandryum, i, n., = μελάνδρυον, a piece of salted tunny-fish: ceterā parte plenis pulpamentis sale asservantur melandrya vocantur, caesis quercus assulis simillima,i. e.
melanthium mĕlanthĭum (-on), ii, n., = μελάνθιον, the plant gith, cultivated fennel-flower: gith e Graecis alii melanthion, alii melaspermon, vocant,Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182; Col. poët. 10, 245; also chamomile, Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 53. Called also mĕlanthum, Ser. Samm. 30.
Melantho Mĕlanthō, ūs, f., = Μελανθώ, a seanymph, daughter of Neptune, Ov. M. 6, 120; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 373.
melanthum mĕlanthum, i, n., v. melanthium fin.
Melanthus Mĕlanthus, i, m., = Μέλανθος. Ariver in Sarmatia, Ov. P. 4, 10, 54.One of the seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins, Ov. M. 3, 617.The father of the Athenian king Codrus, Vell. 1, 2, 1. Hence, Mĕlanthēus (quadrisyl.), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Melanthus: caedes,Ov. Ib. 625.
Melantias Melantĭas, ădis, f., = Μελαντιάς, a town of Thrace, between the Propontis and the Pontus Euxinus, Amm. 30, 11, 1.
melaspermon mĕlaspermon, i, n., = μελάνσπερμον, the plant gith, cultivated fennel-flower (v. melanthium), Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182.
melculum melcŭlum, i, n., and melcŭlus, i, m.dim.mel; v. melliculus, a term of endearment, = melliculum, Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 610 P. (where some read melliculum); applied to a male person, in the voc. melcule: vale mel gentium, melcule, ebur ex Etruria, laser Aretinum, etc., Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4 med. Also, v. l. for melliculum, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 16 and 23.
Meldi Meldi, ōrum, m., a people of Gallia Celtica, between the Seine and Marne; their chief town answered to the modern Meaux, Caes. B. G. 5, 5; Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107.
mele mĕlē, Gr. plur. of melos, v. 1. melos.
Meleager Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros (-ag-rus), gri, m., = Μελέαγρος, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306. Hence, Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq. A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Μελεάγριος, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.
Meles Mĕles, ētis, m., Μέλης, a river in Ionia, near Smyrna, on the banks of which, it is said, Homer was born, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118; Stat. S. 2, 7, 33; 3, 3, 60. Hence, Mĕlētēus, a, um, adj., Meletean, poet. for Homeric: chartae,Tib. 4, 1, 200.Mĕ-lētīnus, a, um, adj., Meletine: deae,
Meles Mĕles, ium, f.plur., a village in the Samnite territory, Liv. 27, 1, 1.
Melessi Melessi, ōrum, m., a people in Hispania Baetica, Liv. 28, 3.
Melete Mĕlĕtē, ēs, f., = Μελέτη. One of the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.A Roman surname: PORCIA MELETE, Inscr. Grut. 357, 7.The name of a plant, called also chamaeleon, App. Herb. 25.
Meleteus Mĕlētēus, v. 2. Meles.
Meletides Meletīdes, ae, m., a foolish Athenian, App. Mag. p. 289, 26.
Meliboea Mĕlĭboea, ae, f., = Μελίβοια, a maritime town of Thessaly, at the foot of Mount Ossa, the birthplace of Philoctetes, now Kastri, Mel. 2, 3; Plin. 4, 7, 16, § 32; Liv. 36, 13, 6; 44, 13. Hence, Derivv. Mĕlĭboeus, a, um, adj., Melibœan: purpura,Lucr. 2, 500; Verg. A. 5, 251.Mĕlĭboeensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Melibœa, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 251.
Meliboeus Mĕlĭboeus, i, m., = Μελίβοιος, name of a shepherd, Verg. E. 1, 6.
Meliboeus Mĕlĭboeus, a, um, v. Meliboea, II. A.
melica mēlĭca, ae, f., perh. a kind of vessel (ante-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 545, 4; 12 and 23.
meliceris mĕlĭcēris, ĭdis, f., = μελικηρίς, a kind of tumor, meliceris (the yellow matter of which looks like honey): melilotos contra meliceridas efficax,Plin. 21, 20, 87, § 151. In sing., Veg. Vet. 2, 30 (in Cels. 5, 26, 20, called μελίκηρα).
Melicerta Mĕlĭcerta and Mĕlĭcertes, ae, m., = Μελικέρτης, son of Ino and the Theban king Athamas. His mother, pursued by her husband in his madness, threw herself into the sea with Melicerta, who became a seagod, called by the Greeks Palaemon, and by the Romans Portunus, Ov. M. 4, 522; cf. Verg. G. 1, 437; Ov. F. 6, 485 sq.; Pers. 5, 103.
melichloros mĕlichlōros, i, m., = μελίχλωρος, a precious stone yellow as honey, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191.
melichros mĕlichros, ōtos, m., = μελίχρως, a precious stone of the color of honey, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191.
melichrysos mĕlĭchrȳsos, i, m., = μελίχρυσος, gold-colored chrysolite, Plin. 37, 9, 45, § 128.
melimela mĕlĭmēla, ōrum, n.plur., = μελίμηλα, honey-apples, previously called mustapples (mustea mala): quae antea mustea vocabant, nunc melimela appellant,Varr. R. R. 1, 59; cf.: mustea a celeritate mitescendi, quae nunc melimela dicuntur a sapore melleo,Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51; Col. 5, 10 fin.; 12, 45; Hor. S. 2, 8, 31; Mart. 7, 25, 7. In sing.: melimelum a dulcedine appellatum, quod fructus ejus mellis saporem habeat, vel quod in melle servetur, unde et quidam (Mart. 13, 24, 1) Si tibi Cecropio saturata Cydonia melle Ponentur: dicas haec melimela licet,Isid. Orig. 17, 7; cf. melomeli.
melimeli mēlĭmĕli, v. melomeli.
melina mēlīna, ae, v. 1. melinus.
melina mĕlĭna, ae, v. 2. melinus.
melinum mēlĭnum, i, v. 3. melinus.
Melinum Mēlĭnum, i, v. 4. Melinus.
melinus mēlīnus, a, um, adj.1. meles, of or belonging to the marten; only subst. (sc. crumena): mēlīna, ae, f., a purse or wallet of marten-skin, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 20.
melinus mĕlĭnus, a, um, adj.mel, of or belonging to honey, honey-; only subst.: mĕlĭna, ae, f., mead: melinam promere,Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51 (al. mellinam); id. Ep. 1, 1, 21 (al. mellina).
melinus mēlĭnus, a, um, adj., = μήλινος, of or belonging to quinces, quince-; quinceyellow; only as subst.: mēlĭnum, i, n. (Sc. oleum.) Quince-oil, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 11; 23, 6, 54, § 103. (Sc. unguentum.) Quince-ointment, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 5.An eye-salve, Inscr. Tochōn, Cachets des Ocul. p. 61. (Sc. vestimentum.) A quince-yellow garment, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 49.
melioresco mĕlĭōresco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to begin to improve, grow better;βελτιοῦμαι, Gloss. Philox.
melioro mĕlĭōro (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a.melior, to make better, to better, improve (postclass.): meliorare proprietatem,Dig. 7, 1, 13: melioratum praedium,Cod. Just. 5, 71, 16; Cassiod. Var. 9, 3.
melis mēlis, v. 1. meles.
melisphyllum mĕlisphyllum and mĕlisso-phyllon, i, n., = μελίφυλλον and μελισσόφυλλον (honey-leaf, bee-leaf), an herb of which bees are fond, balm-gentle, balm (also called apiastrum): trita melis phylla, et cerinthae ignobile gramen,Verg. G. 4, 63; Plin. 20, 11, 45, § 116; 21, 20, 86, § 149.
Melissa Mĕlissa, ae, f., = Μέλισσα. A nymph who is said to have invented the art of keeping bees, Col. 9, 2, 3.Daughter of the Cretan king Melissus, who, together with her sister Amalthea, fed Jupiter with goats' milk, Lact. 1, 22, 19 sq
Melisseus Mĕlisseus, v. Melissus, I.
melissophyllon mĕlissŏphyllon, v. melisphyllum.
Melissus Mĕlissus, i, m., = Μέλισσος. (Also called Mĕlisseus, = Μελισσεύς.) A king of Crete, father of Melissa and Amalthea, Lact. 1, 22, 19; ib. § 28.A grammarian and comic poet, librarian to Augustus, Ov. P. 4, 16, 30; cf. Suet. Gram. 21.A philosopher of Samos, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118.
Melitaeus Mĕlĭtaeus, a, um, adj., = Μελιταῖος, of or belonging to the Dalmatian island Melita, Melitæan: catuli,Plin. 30, 5, 14, § 43.
Melitanus Mĕlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Melita, Melitan, Inscr. Grut. 751, 3.
Melite Mĕlĭtē, ēs, v. Melita.
Melitensis Mĕlĭtensis, e, adj.Melita, of or belonging to the isle of Malta, Melitan, Maltese: vestis,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176: rosa,id. ib. 2, 5, 11, § 27. In plur. subst.: Mĕ-lĭtensia, ĭum (sc. vestimenta), Melitan garments, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183 (but in Lucr. 4, 1130, the correct read. is alidensia).
melitinus mĕlĭtĭnus, a, um, adj., = μελίτινος, of or belonging to honey, mixed with honey (post-class.): cera,Plin. Val. 3, 26. Lapis, a kind of precious stone, Plin. 36, 19, 33, § 140.
Melitinus Mĕlĭtīnus, i, a Roman proper name, Inscr. Visc. Opt. Varr. t. 1, p. 182; Inscr. Fabr. p. 45, n. 255.
meliton melĭton, i, n., a kind of wine, Vitr. 8, 3.
melittaena mĕlittaena (mĕlitaena), ae, f., = μελίτταινα. A plant, also called marrubium, App. Herb. 45.A plant, also called melissophyllon, Plin. 21, 20, 86, § 149.
melitturgus mĕlitturgus, i, m., = μελιττουργός, a bee-keeper, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 3.
melium mēlĭum, ii, n., a dog's collar, v. mellum.
melius mĕlĭus, comp. adj. and adv., v. bonus.
Melius Mēlĭus, a, um, adj.2. Melos, of or belonging to the isle of Melos, Melian: Diagoras Melius,
meliusculus mĕlĭuscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [melius], somewhat better, rather better (anteclass. and post-Aug.). Of a convalescent: qui meliusculus esse coepit,Cels. 3, 22; Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 19. Of things: si eris verax, ex tuis rebus feceris meliusculas,Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 15; cf. v. 6: apes coloris meliusculi,Col. 9, 3, 2: facies,Sen. Ben. 1, 3: spes, rather more, Varr. ap. Non. 394, 10. In neutr. sing.: meliusculum est monere,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 3. Adv.: mĕlĭuscŭlē. Rather better, pretty well (class.): cum meliuscule tibi esset, when you were somewhat better (of a convalescent), * Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1: jam valere,Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 Mai.Rather more, somewhat more: meliuscule quam satis fuerit, biberis,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 51.
Mella Mella or Mēla, ae, m., a river in Upper Italy, near Brescia, now Mella, Cat. 67, 33: curva legunt prope flumina Mellae,Verg. G. 4, 278.
Mella Mella, ae, m., a Roman surname in the gens Annaea, e. g. M. Annaeus Mella, the father of Lucan.
mellaceum mellācĕum, i, n.mel, must (postclass. for sapa): sapa, quod nunc mellaceum dicimus, mustum ad mediam partem decoctum,Non. 551, 21.
Mellaria Mellāria, ae, f., a city in Hispania Baetica, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7 Hence, Mellā-rĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mellaria; in plur. subst.: Mellārĭenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Mellaria, Inscr. Grut. 321, 10.
mellarius mellārĭus, a, um, adj.mel, of or belonging to honey, honey- (post-Aug.): vasa mellaria,Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 82. Hence, subst.mellārĭus, ii, m., a bee-keeper, beemaster (ante-class.), Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 17.mellārium, ii, n., a beehive, apiary, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12.
mellifex mellĭfex, fĭcis, m.mel-facio, i. q. mellarius, 1., a honey-maker, i. e. a keeper of bees: ubicunque saltus idonei sunt mellifici,Col. 9, 8, 8; better referred to mellificus, q. v.
mellifico mellĭfĭco, 1, v. a.mellificus, to make honey (poet and in post-Aug. prose): sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes, Verg. ap Don. Vit. Verg. (but ap. Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59, mella faciunt; v. Sillig).
mellificus mellĭfĭcus, a, um, adj.mel-facio, honey-making, fit for making honey (postAug.): opus,Col. 9, 13, 14: saltus,id. 9, 8, 8; v. mellifex.
mellifluens melliflŭens, tis, adj.mel-fluo, honey-dropping; trop., mellifluous, of a speaker: Nestor,Aus. Epist. 16, 14.
Melligerus Mellĭgĕrus, i, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Mur. 1329, 1.
melligo mellīgo, ĭnis, f.mel. A honey-like juice, sucked by the bees from flowers, but not yet made into honey, bee-glue, bees'rosin, hive-dross (post-Aug.), Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14; 16, 7, 10, § 28.The juice of unripe grapes: uvae,Plin. 12, 27, 60, § 131.
mellilla mellilla, ae, f.dim.2. melinus, a term of endearment, little honey, little sweetheart: mea vita, mea mellilla,Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 47 dub.
mellina mellĭna, ae, v. 2. melinus.
mellinia mellĭnĭa, ae, f.mel, sweetness, deliciousness, delight: hoc nimio magnae melliniae mihist,Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 6 Spengel (al. mellinae).
mellitulus mellītŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [mellitus], honey-sweet, darling (ante- and post-class.): corpusculum mellitulum! (al. melliculum),Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 19: puella,Hier. Ep. 79, 6. Subst.: mellītŭla, ae, f., little honey: mea mellitula,App. M. 3, 139, 3.
mellitus mellītus, a, um, adj.mel, of honey, honey-.Lit.: melliti favi,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 22: bellaria, id. ap. Gell. 13, 11: absorptio,Suet. Ner. 27.Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet: placenta,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 11.Trop., honey-sweet, darling, lovely: mammillae,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 47: Cicero, * Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1: oculi,Cat. 47, 1: passer,id. 3, 6: verborum globuli,Petr. 1. So in sup.: ubi ubi es mellitissime, Marc. Aur. ap. Front. Ep ad Caes. 4, 5 Mai.; cf.: mellitissimum savium,App. M. 2, 10, p. 119. As subst.: mellītus, i, m.: mi mellite, mi marite,
my honey, my darling
,App. M. 5, 6, p 161.
mello mello, 1, v. a.id., to make or collect honey, Pall. 7, 7, 1 dub.
Mellona Mellōna, ae, f.id., the goddess of bees and honey, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 24. Called also Mellōnĭa, Arn. 4, 131.
Melloproximus Mellŏproxĭmus, i, m., vox hibr. [μέλλω‐proximus], one who comes next in rank to the Proximus; v. h. v. under propior, Cod. Th. 6, 26, 16; Cod. Just. 12, 19, 5; 7; 14.
mellosus mellōsus, a, um, adj.mel, of or from honey, honey-, honey-like (post-class. for melleus): mellosa dulcedo,Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 29, 151.
mellum mellum, i, n., a dog's collar, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 15 Schneid. N. cr. (al. melium and maelium). Also, millus, i: millus collare canum venaticorum, factum ex corio confixumque clavis ferreis eminentibus adversus impetum luporum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 151 Müll. Also written melium, mil-lus, q. v.
melo mēlo, ōnis, m., = μῆλον, an apple-shaped melon, for melopepo, Pall. 4, 9, 6; Vop. Carin. 17.
Melo Mēlo, ōnis, m., old Latin name for the Nile: Melo nomine alio Nilus vocatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; cf. id. p. 7 and p. 18; Serv. Verg. G. 4, 291: Melonis alba filia,i. e.
the paper-reed growing in the Nile
,Aus. Epist. 4, 75.
melocarpon mēlōcarpon, i, n., a plant, also called aristolochia, App. Herb. 19.
melodes mĕlōdes, is, m., = μελῴδης, a pleasing, charming singer (post-class.): Proculus melodes insonare pulsibus (al. melodis) Sid. Ep. 9, 15. Also in fem.: Mĕlōdes, a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 1157, 3.
melos mĕlos, i, n. (Greek plur. mele, Lucr. 2, 412. In masc.: quosdam melos, Cato ap. Non. 213, 17; so Pac. and Varr. ib.), = μέλος, a tune, air, strain, song, lay (ante-class. and poet.): suave summum melos, Naev. ap. Non. 213, 11: quosdam melos, Cato ap. Non. 77, 7: Silvani melo Consimilis cantus, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89: longum,Hor. C. 3, 4, 2: Pegaseium, Pers. prol. Greek plur.: cui brevia mela modifica recino,Aus. Parent. 27.
Melos Mēlos, i, f., = Μῆλος, an island in the Ægean Sea, one of the Cyclades, now Milo, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70; Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll. Hence, Mēlĭus, a, um, adj., of Melos: Diagoras Melius,Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2.Mēlĭnus, a, um, v. 4. Melinus.
melosmos melosmos, i, m., a plant, also called polion, App. Herb. 57.
melota mēlōta, ae, or mēlōtē, ōs, f., = μηλωτή, a sheepskin (with the wool on): circumierunt in melotis, in pellibus caprinis,Vulg. Heb. 11, 37; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 76. Collat. form, mēlōtes, Isid. 19, 24, 19; and mēlōtis, idis, f., Ambros. Ep. 15, 9.
Melotis Melōtis, ĭdis, f., a country of Thessaly, Liv. 32, 13.
melotris mēlōtris, ĭdis, f., = μηλωτρίς, a probe or sound, mostly for the ears, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 63.
Melpomene Melpŏmĕnē, ēs, f., Μελπομένη (the songstress), the muse of tragic and lyric poetry: Melpomene, cui liquidam pater Vocem cum citharā dedit,Hor. C. 1, 24, 3; Mart. 4, 37, 1; Aus. Idyll. 20, 2.
meltom meltom, v. bonus init.
Memaceni Memacēni, ōrum, m., a people of Asia, beyond the Caspian Sea, Curt. 7, 6.
membrana membrāna, ae, f.membrum, the skin or membrane that covers parts of the body (class.). Lit.: natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: cerebri,
membranaceus membrānācĕus and -cĭus, a, um, adj.membrana, of skin or membrane, skinny, membranaceous (post-Aug.). Lit.: vespertilio, cui membranaceae pinnae uni,Plin. 10, 61, 81, § 168: PVGILLARES,
of parchment
,Inscr. Grut. 174, 7.Like a skin or membrane: quibusdam cortex membranaceus, ut viti, arundini,Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126.
membranarius membrānārĭus, ii, m.id., a parchment-maker (post-class.), Edict. Dioclet. p. 20; cf. membranarius, διφθεροποιός, Gloss. Philox.
membraneus membrānĕus, a, um, adj.id., of parchment (post-Aug.): pugillares membranei,Mart. 14, 7in lemm.: codices,Dig. 32, 50, 1.
membranula membrānŭla, ae, f.dim.id., a little skin or membrane.Lit.: membranula, quae sub cute calvariam cingit,Cels. 8, 4: oculi,
membrane of the eye
,id. 7, 7, 13. Transf.A parchment: iisque imperes, ut sumant membranulam,Cic. Att. 4, 4, b, 1.Plur., an instrument or document written on parchment: quae membranulis meā manu scriptis continebuntur,Dig. 32, 102 prooem.
membranulum membrānŭlum, i, n.dim.id., for membranula, a little skin or membrane, App. M. 6, p. 184, 20.
membratim membrātim, adv.membrum, by limbs or members, in the limbs, limb by limb, from member to member.Lit.: membratim vitalem deperdere sensum,Lucr. 3, 527: nunc peractis malis, quae membratim sentiuntur, dicemus de his, quae totis corporibus grassantur,
,id. 9, 15, 18, § 48.Transf., piecemeal, singly, severally. In gen.: membratim enumerare,Varr. R. R. 1, 22; cf.: animalium naturae generatim membratimque ita se habent,Plin. 12 praef. § 1: gestum negotium,Cic. Part. 35, 121. In partic., of speech, in little clauses, in short sentences: dicere,Cic. Or. 63, 212; 67, 223; cf.: membratim caesimque dicere,Quint. 9, 4, 126: narrare,id. 9, 4, 127.
membratura membrātūra, ae, f.membro, the formation of the limbs, constitution of the body, Vitr. 8, 5, 1.
membripotens membrĭpŏtens, ntis, adj.membrum-potens, ruling in the members (eccl. Lat.), Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 2, 11.
membro membro, āre, v. a.membrum, to form limb by limb, to furnish with limbs: quinque et triginta diebus infans membratur,Censor. de Die Nat. 11; Dracont. Hex. 220.
membrosus membrōsus, a, um, adj.id., large membered: hortorum custos membrosior aequo, i. e. majori mentula praeditus, Auct. Priap. prooem.
membrum membrum, i, n.etym. dub.; perh. for mems-trum; cf. Sanscr. māmsa, flesh, a limb, member of the body (class.). Lit.: jam membrorum, id est partium corporis, alia videntur propter eorum usum a natura esse donata, ut manus, crura, pedes, etc. . . . alia quasi ad quendam ornatum, ut cauda pavoni, plumae versicolores columbis, viris mammae atque barba,Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 66: defessa,Verg. G. 4, 438; Suet. Vesp. 20: hispida membra,Juv. 2, 11: membrum lacerum laesumve,Gell. 4, 2, 15: propter membrum ruptum talio,Gai. Inst. 3, 223. In partic., = membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 70, 17. So plur. membra, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 65; cf. App. M. 5, 6, p. 161; id. ib. 10, 31, p. 254; Aus. Epigr. 120, 4.Transf. In gen. Of inanim. and abstr. things, a part, portion, division: omnes philosophiae partes atque omnia membra,Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9: solvere quassatae parcite membra ratis,Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 2: per omnia philosophiae membra prudenter disputando currere,Amm. 16, 5, 6: eadem sunt membra in utrāque disputatione, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119 Of persons: Ponticus . . . Bassus . . . dulcia convictūs membra fuere mei,Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 48: membra et partes alienae potentiae,Sen. Ep. 21, 6; cf. poet.: fluctuantia membra Libyae,Sil. 2, 310. Esp. A member of the state: per multa membra civitas in unum tantum corpus redigitur,Just. 5, 10, 10: membra partesque imperii,Suet. Aug. 48: reipublicae totius membra,Amm. 18, 5, 1: urbis,id. 15, 7, 5: Achaei scilicet per civitates velut per membra divisi sunt, unum tamen corpus et unum imperium habent,Just. 34, 1, 2: corpore sic toto ac membris Roma usa. Sil. 12, 318: cur ut decisa atque avulsa a corpore membra despiciar,id. 1, 670.An apartment, chamber in a house: dormitorium membrum,
a bed-chamber
,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9: domūs membra,App. M. 3, 28, p. 141; 7, 1, p. 188: modus membrorum numerusque,Col. 6, 1, 1: cubicula et ejusmodi membra,Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2. Of speech, a member or clause of a sentence: quae Graeci κόμματα et κῶλα nominant, nos recte incisa et membra dicimus, Cic. Or. 62, 211; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26. Of the Church of Christ: singuli autem alter alterius membra,Vulg. Rom. 12, 5; cf. the context: membra sumus corporis ejus,i. e.
memecylon mēmĕcylon, i, n., = μημέκυλον, μιμαίκυλον, the edible fruit of the strawberrytree, Plin. 15, 24, 28, § 99.
memet mēmet, acc. of ego with met, v. ego and met.
meminens mĕmĭnens, P. a., v. memini fin.
memini mĕmĭni, isse, v. n.Sanscr. man, think; upaman = Gr. ὑπομένειν, await; Gr. μεν‐ in μένω, Μέντωρ; μαν‐ in μαίνομαι, μάντις; μνᾶ‐ in μιμνήσκω, etc.; cf.: maneo, moneo, reminiscor, mens, Minerva, etc., to remember, recollect, to think of, be mindful of a thing; not to have forgotten a person or thing, to bear in mind (syn.: reminiscor, recordor); constr. with gen., with acc. of the person and of the thing, with de, with a rel.-clause, with ut, with cum; with the acc. and inf. (usually the inf. pres., sometimes the inf. perf.; class.). With gen.: vivorum memini,Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3: constantiae tuae,id. Fam. 13, 75, 1: leti paterni,
,id. Ps. 4, 7, 57.Transf., to make mention of, to mention a thing, either in speaking or writing (rare but class.): meministi ipse de exsulibus,Cic. Phil. 2, 36, 91: neque omnino hujus rei meminit us quam poëta ipse,Quint. 11, 2, 16: Achillam, cujus supra meminimus. Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 1: sed tu, qui hujus judicii meministi, cur oblitus es illius,Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 13; Col. 1, 1, 13: meminerunt hujus conjurationis Janusius Geminus in historia. M. Bibulus in edictis. Suet. Caes. 9; id. Gram. 11. Hence. mĕmĭnens, entis, P. a., mindful (ante- and post-class.): meminens corde volutat, Liv Andr ap Prisc. p. 922 P.: aevi, quod periit. meminens,Aus. Prof. 2, 4: meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,Sid. Ep. 4, 12.
Memmius Memmius, a, name of a Roman gens. mox Italus Mnestheus, genus, a quo nomine Memmi, Verg. A. 5, 117. So C. Memmius, a public man, who, being adjudged guilty of ambitus, went into exile to Athens, to him Cicero addressed several letters, and to him Lucretius dedicated his poem, De Rerum Natura; cf. Lucr. 1, 42. Hence, Memmĭădes, ae, m., one of the Memmian gens, a Memmiade, a Memmius, Lucr. 1, 26.Memmĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Memmius: praedia, of C. Memmius, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1.
Memnon Memnon, ŏnis, m., = Μεμνων, son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians; he went to the aid of the Trojans, and was slain by Achilles: nigri Memnonis arma,Verg. A. 1, 489. When burned on the funeral pile he is said to have been changed by Aurora into a bird, while from his ashes many other birds flew up, called Memnoniae or Memnonides, who every year flew from Ethiopia to Troy and fought over Memnon's tomb, Ov. M. 13, 600 sq.; id. ib. 13, 617; Plin. 10, 26, 37, § 74. The black marble statue of Memnon, near Thebes, when struck by the first beams of the sun, gave forth a sound like that of a lute-string, which was regarded as Memnon's greeting to his mother: dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone chordae,Juv. 15, 5; cf.: mater lutea Memnonis, i. e. Aurora,Ov. F. 4, 714: Memnonis saxea effigies,Tac. A. 2, 61. The fate of Memnon was the subject of a poem by Alpinus, Hor. S. 10, 36. Hence, Memnŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Memnon, Memnonian. Lit.: Memnoniae aves,Sol. 40.Transf., Oriental, Moorish, black (poet.): color,Ov. P. 3, 3, 96: regna,Luc. 3, 284. Esp., as subst.: Memnŏnĭa (Menn-), ae, f., a precious stone, of a black color, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.Memnŏnĭ-des, um, f.plur., the birds of Memnon;v.supra.
Memnonia Memnŏnĭa, ae, f., v. Memnon.
Memnonides Memnŏnĭdes, um, f., v. Memnon.
Memnonius Memnŏnĭus, a, um, v. Memnon.
memor mĕmor, ŏris (anciently memoris, memore, acc. to Prisc. p. 772 P.; comp. memorior, id. p. 699 P.), adj.Sanscr. root smar-, in smarti, memory; smara, love; Gr. μάρτυς, witness; μέριμνα, care; cf.: memoria, mora, etc., not from memini, mindful of a thing, remembering; constr. with gen., with acc. and inf., with a rel,clause, and absol. In gen. With gen.: ut memor esses sui,Ter. And. 1, 5, 46: se eorum facti memorem fore,Caes. B. C. 1, 13: generis,Sall. C. 60, 7: pristinarum virtutum,Nep. Hann. 12 fin.: quique sui memores alios fecere merendo,Verg. A. 6, 664: nostri,Hor. C. 3, 27, 14; 1, 33, 1: vale nostri memor,Juv. 3, 318. With acc. and inf.: memor Lucullum periisse,Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25: memor objectum ab eo sibi,Suet. Aug. 28. With a rel. -clause: memor, quo ordine quisque discubuerat,Quint. 11, 2, 13: vive memor, quam sis aevi brevis,Hor. S. 2, 6, 97.Absol.: memorem et gratum esse,Cic. Fam. 13, 25: et bene apud memores veteris stat gratia facti, grateful. Verg. A. 4, 539: cf. 6, 664 supra: ipsa memor praecepta canam,Hor. S. 2, 4, 11; id. A. P. 368: pectus,Juv. 11, 28. Prov.: mendacem memorem esse oportet,
,Verg. A. 1, 4: supplicium exempli parum memoris legum humanarum,
unmindful of, not observing
,Liv. 1, 28. Esp. That easily remembers, possessed of a good memory: homo ingeniosus ac memor,Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194.Poet., transf., that reminds one of a thing: nostri memorem sepulcro Scalpe querelam,Hor. C. 3, 11, 51: impressit memorem dente labris notam,id. ib. 1, 13, 12: indicii memor poena,Ov. M. 4, 190: tabellae,id. ib. 8, 744: versus,id. P. 2, 7, 33. Hence, adv., in two forms. mĕmŏre, by heart, readily (ante-class.): cum ista memore meministi, Pompon. ap. Non. 514, 23 (Com. Rel. v. 109 Rib.).mĕmŏrĭter. From memory, by personal recollection: oratio est habita memoriter,Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: omnes ordines memoriter salutavit,Suet. Ner. 10: Q. Mucius multa narrare de Laelio memoriter et jucunde solebat,Cic. Lael. 1, 1. Esp. With a good memory, by ready recollection: ista exposuisti, ut tam multa, memoriter, ut tam obscura, dilucide,Cic. Fin. 4, 1, 1: ut memoriter me Sauream vocabat,Plaut. As. 3, 2, 38: hic quidem quae illic sunt res gestae memorat memoriter,id. Am. 1, 1, 261: hem istuc si potes memoriter meminisse,id. Capt. 2, 1, 53; cf. Afran. ap. Charis. 1, p. 89 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 365 Rib.).Fully, accurately, correctly, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 6; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 47: memoriter respondeto ad ea quae rogāro,Cic. Vatin. 4, 10: nostra Aratea memoriter a te pronuntiata sunt,id. Div. 2, 5, 14; Auct. ad Her. 3, 17, 30: tu, qui tam memoriter tenes omnes,Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 11 (cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34).
Memor Mĕmor, ŏris, m., a Roman surname, lnscr. Mur. 1128, 5.
memorabilis mĕmŏrābĭlis, e, adj.memoro, memorable, remarkable, worthy of being remembered; heard of, conceivable; worthy to be mentioned, fit to be spoken of (class.): vir,Liv. 38, 53. Comp.: memorabilior,Liv. 38, 53: auctores,Col. 1, 1: nomen,Verg. A. 2, 583: familiaritas,Cic. Lael. 1, 4: virtus,id. Phil. 13, 19, 44: hoccine credibile est. aut memorabile?Ter. And. 4, 1, 1: nec bellum est, nec memorabile,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 8: hoc memorabilest, ego tu sum, tu es ego,id. Stich 5, 4, 46: in qua pugna illud memorabile fuit,Just. 1, 8, 12: magni gutturis exemplum,Juv. 2, 113. Subst.: mĕmŏ-rābĭle, is, n., a noteworthy fact, strange occurrence (rare): multa memorabilia et in domesticis et in bellicis rebus effecerat,Cic. Brut. 13, 49: hactenus de mundo ... nunc reliqua caeli memorabilia,Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 102. Hence, mĕmŏrābĭlĭter, adv., memorably, remarkably, Aug. c. Jul. 2, 7, 11.
memoraculum mĕmŏrācŭlum, i, n.id., a monument (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 311, 3.
memoralis mĕmŏrālis, e, false read. for memorialis, ap. Arn. 6, p. 196.
memoraliter mĕmŏrālĭter, adv.memoria, serving to make mention, Ven. Fort. Carm. 4, 20.
memoralius mĕmŏrālĭus, ii, m.memoro, a recorder, notary: ὑπομνηματογράφος, actuarius, memoralius, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
memorandus mĕmŏrandus, a, um, P. a., v. memo ro fin. B.
,Liv. 5, 21: vivit, vivetque per omnium saeculorum memoriam,Vell. 2, 66, 5: (oratio) ad memoriam laudum domesticarum,Cic. Brut. 16, 62: quorum memoria et recordatio jucunda sane fuit,id. ib. 2, 9: memoria immortalis,Nep. Att. 11, 5.Transf.The time of remembrance, period of recollection, time: multi superiori memoriā se in alias civitates contulerunt,
in earlier times
,Cic. Balb. 12, 28: Cratippus princeps hujus memoriae philosophorum,
,Caes. B. G. 6, 19.An historical account, relation, narration: liber, quo iste omnium rerum memoriam breviter complexus est,Cic. Brut. 3, 14: de Magonis interitu duplex memoria prodita est,Nep. Hann. 8, 2: memoriam vitae prosā oratione composuit,Suet. Claud. 1 fin. Concr., a written account, narrative, memoir: quispiam ex his, qui se ad litteras memoriasque veteres dediderat,Gell. 2, 21, 6: in veteribus memoriis scriptum legimus,id. 4, 6, 1; 7, 8, 1: sine ullā pristini auctoris memoriā,Suet. Dom. 5. (Eccl. Lat.) A monument, esp. a Christian church as a memorial of a saint or monument of a martyr: in memoriā Cypriani manere,Aug. Conf 5, 8, 3: memoriae martyrum templis deorum succedunt, id. Civ. Dei, 26, 5; 22, 8, 11 and 12 al.: memoriam sibi et suis com parare,Inscr. Grut. 827, 8. Personified, the goddess of memory, = Mnemosyne, Afran. ap. Gell. 13, 8, 3: Jovis (filias, ex memoria uxore,Arn. 3, c. 37.
memorialis mĕmŏrĭālis, e, adj.memoria, of or belonging to memory or remembrance, memorial (post-Aug.): libellus. a memoran dum-book, Suet. Caes. 56.Subst. Mĕmŏrĭālis, is, m., a historiographerCod. Just. 12, 29, 1.mĕmŏrĭāle, is, n.memorial, that which keeps in remembrance: Domine, tuum,Vulg. Psa. 135, 13; Arn. in Psa. 135.mĕmŏrĭālia, ĭum, n.plur., memoirs, Dig. 50, 16, 44; Macr. S. 3. 6, 11. The title of a book by Sabinus Masurius,Gell. 6 (7), 7, 8. Sabinus in septimo memoriall, id. 4, 20, 11
memoriosus mĕmŏrĭōsus, a, um, adj.memoria, that has a good memory, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.: memoriosus, et memoriose, Fronto de Differ. Voc. p. 2194 P.; cf.: memoriosus, μνημονικός, Gloss. Philox. Hence, adj.: mĕmŏrĭōse, with a good memory, Fronto l. l.
memoritei mĕmŏrĭteiadv., v. memor fin. B.
memoro mĕmŏro, āvi, ātum (archaic inf. pass. memorarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 99), 1, v. a.memor, to bring to remembrance, remind of, to mention, recount, relate, speak about or of, say, tell (class.). With acc.: memorare mores mulierum,Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 50: nomen memora tuom mihi,id. Trin. 4, 2, 41: deos absentis testis memoras,
,Sall. J. 89, 4: memorari exempla,Tac. A. 11, 23. With de: de naturā nimis obscure memoravit,Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15. With acc. and inf.: quem infestum ac odiosum sibi esse, memorabat,Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 65: Herculem in eo loco boves abegisse memorant,Liv. 1, 7, 4: Mithridates, quem imperitasse Armeniis memoravi,Tac. A. 11, 8 init.: Palamedem memorant sedecim litterarum formas repperisse,id. ib. 11, 14. With a rel.-clause: musa, velim memores, quo patre natus uterque Contulerit lites,Hor. S. 1, 5, 53. (ε) With sic: sic memorat,Verg. A. 1, 631. Esp., to speak, utter, make use of in speech: scio ego multos memoravisse milites mendacium,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 3: vocabula memorata Catonibus,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 117. Memorare significat nunc dicere, nunc memoriae mandare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll. Hence, mĕmŏrātus, a, um, P. a., memorable, renowned, celebrated (poet. and in post-class. prose): ubi nunc nobis deus ille magister nequiquam memoratus Eryx?Verg. A. 5, 391: locus Italiae ... fama multis memoratus in oris,id. ib. 7, 564; Anthol. Lat. 1, 170, 102; 1, 172, 4: sepulcrum memoratissimum,Gell. 10, 18, 4. Esp., before mentioned: dux,Amm. 15, 5, 4 al.mĕmŏrandus, a, um, P. a., worthy of remembrance, memorable, celebrated (poet. and post-class.): juvenis memorande,Verg. A. 10, 793. Of inanim. and abstr. things: pugnae memorandae meae,Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 52: locus,Flor. 2, 8, 11: res,Juv. 2, 102: exitus,Flor. 4, 2, 33.
memoror mĕmŏror, ātus sum, v. dep.id., to remember, be mindful of (eccl. Lat.). With gen., Vulg. Jer. 31, 14; Ambros. de Laps. Virg. 5, 19. With acc., Vulg. Eccl. 7, 40 al.
Menalippus Mĕnălippus (orig. form Mĕlănip-pus), i, m., = Μελάνιππος, the slayer of Tydeus, who, while dying, bit the head of Menalippus, Stat. Th. 8, 719; 740. The form Melanippus is found as the name of a tragedy of Attius, Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 20.
Menander Mĕnander or Mĕnandros (-us; Gr. gen. Menandru, acc. to Μενάνδρου, Ter. Eun., Heaut., and Ad.), i, m., = Μένανδρος, a celebrated Greek comic poet, whom Terence took as his model, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Ter. And. prol. 9; Prop. 3, 21, 28: nobilis comoediis,Phaedr. 5, 1, 9; Amm. 21, 4, 4. Form Menandros, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18: also Menandrus,Vell. 1, 16, 3.A slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 13.A freedman of T. Ampius Balbus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70. Hence, Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Menander, Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: fluxus,Tert. Pall. 4.
Menanini Mĕnanīni, v. Menaenius fin.
Menapii Mĕnăpĭi, ōrum, m.plur. (Mĕnapis for Menapiis, Mart. 13, 54), a people of Belgic Gaul, between the Meuse and the Scheldt, Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 9; 4, 4, 2; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106; Tac. H. 4, 28; Inscr. Orell. 749. Hence, Mĕnăpĭa, ae, f., the chief town of the Menapii, Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.Mĕnăpĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the Menapii, Edict. Diocl. p. 14.
Menas Mēnas, ae, m., = Μηνᾶς, a freedman of Sextus Pompeius, his lieutenant and commander of the pirate-fleet, which, with the hope of greater gain, he traitorously delivered up to Augustus, Vell. 2, 73; 77; Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 200.
menceps mencepsfor menteceptos, from mens and capio, out of his senses, mad, acc. to Prisc. p. 668 P.
menda menda, ae, f.v. mendum, a fault, defect, blemish of the body (poet. and postAug.). Lit.: in toto nusquam corpore menda fuit,Ov. Am. 1, 5, 18: nocte latent mendae,id. A. A. 1, 249.Transf., a mistake, error, blunder, in writing, in books, a slip of the pen, Suet. Aug. 87: mendae istins indoles,Gell. 20, 6, 14; 1, 7, 3.
mendaciloquium mendācĭlŏquĭum, ii, n.mendaciloquus, for mendacium, false-speaking, falsehood, mendacity: mendaciloquium, ψευδολογία, Gloss. Philox.
mendaciloquus mendācĭlŏquus, a, um, adj.mendacium-loquor, false-speaking, lying, mendacious (ante- and post-class.): nihil est stolidius, Neque mendaciloquius,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 163. As subst.: mendācĭlŏquus, i, m., a liar: mendaciloquorum doctrinae,Tert. adv. Psych. 2.
mendaciolum mendācĭŏlum, i, n., v. mendaciunculum.
mendaciunculum mendācĭuncŭlum, i, n.dim.mendacium, a little lie, trifling untruth, fib: quod tamen est mendaciunculis aspergendum (al. mendaciolis),Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 241 Orell. N. cr.
mendax mendax, dācis, adj.mentior, given to lying, mendacious; subst., a liar. Lit.: mendacem esse adversus aliquem,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 188: cum mendaci homini, ne verum quidem dicenti, credere soleamus,Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146: Carthaginienses fraudulenti et mendaces,id. Agr. 2, 35, 95: aretalogus,Juv. 15, 16. As subst.: mendax, dācis, m., a liar. Prov.: mendacem memorem esse oportet,
mendicabulum mendīcābŭlum, i, n.mendico, a beggar, mendicant (ante- and post-class.): hominum mendicabula,Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 2: circumforaneum,App. M. 9, p. 218, 41.
mendicatio mendīcātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a begging, obtaining by begging (post-Aug.): foeda vitae mendicatio,Sen. Ep. 101, 13.
mendice mendīcē, adv., v. mendicus fin.
mendicimonium mendīcĭmōnĭum, ii, n.mendicus, beggary, indigence, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 2, and ap. Non. 140, 31.
mendicitas mendīcĭtas, ātis, f.id., beggary, mendicity, pauperism, indigence (rare but class.): qui quidem ad mendicitatem properent se detrudere,Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 21; id. Rud. 2, 6, 30: in summā mendicitate esse,Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 86: mendicitatem perpeti,id. Fin. 5, 11, 32: paupertatem novā mendicitate revocare,Petr. 125.
mendico mendico, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., and mendīcor, ātus sum (archaio inf. mendicarier, Plaut. Capt. prol. 13), 1, v. dep.id., to beg, ask for alms, go a-begging; to beg for something, solicit, obtain by begging; constr. absol. and with acc. (poet. and post-class.): mendicantem vivere, tolive by begging. Plaut. Capt 2, 2, 73: quando histrionem cogis mendicarier,id. ib. prol. 13; mendicum malim mendicando vincere,id. ib. 3, 4, 16. Act.: a me mendicas malum,Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 12: aliquid mendicare,App. Mag. p. 287, 1. Poet.: ejectis mendicat silva Camenis,i.e.
mendiculus mendīcŭlus, a, um, dim. adj. [mendicus], of a beggar, beggarly: inducula (opp. regilla),Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 32.
mendicum mendicum, velum quod in prora ponitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.
mendicus mendīcus, a, um, adj., beggarly, needy, in want, indigent (class.). Lit.: paupertas si malum est, mendicus esse beatus nemo potest,Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; cf.: solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites,id. Mur. 29, 61: mendicior,Tert. de Anim. 33: prandia,Mart. 14, 81. As subst.: mendīcus, i, m., a beggar, mendicant: mendicum malim mendicando vincere, Quam, etc.,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 16: mendici,i. e.
the priests of Cybele
,Hor. S. 1, 2, 2. As a term of abuse, a beggar, ragamuffin, Ter. And. 4, 5, 20.Transf., in gen., poor, paltry, mean, sorry, pitiful: instrumentum mendicum,Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92. Hence, adv.: mendīcē, in a beggarly manner, meanly (post-Aug. and post-class.): non tam mendice tecum agam, sed plenā manu,Sen. Ep. 33, 6. Comp.: ne mendicius patre coenaret,Tert. Pall. 5.
mendosus mendōsus, a, um, adj.mendum. Full of faults, fauity. Physically, full of faults or blemishes: equi facies,Ov. M. 12, 399. In gen., erroneous, incorrect (class.): mendosum exemplar testamenti,Plin. Ep. 10, 75: mendosum est, etc.,Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83: mores,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1. Comp.: historia mendosior,Cic. Brut. 16, 62.Transf.That commits faults, makes mistakes: cur servus societatis, qui tabulas conficeret, semper in Verrucii nomine certo ex loco mendosus esset,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188.False, deceptive: mendosum for mendose, adverbially, falsely: mendosum tinnire,Pers. 5, 106. Hence, adv.: mendōsē, full of faults, faultily, falsely (class.): libri mendose scribuntur,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 6: mendose colligis,Pers. 5, 85. Sup.: ars mendosissime scripta,Cic. Inv. 1, 6, 8.
mendum mendum, i, n.Sanscr. manāk, a little; mindā, a defect; cf.: mancus, mendicus, a fault, error, blunder in writing (class.). Lit.: quod mendum ista litura correxit?Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104: librariorum,id. Att. 13, 23, 2.Trop.: Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent, mistake, error, Cic Att. 14, 22, 2.A blemish, defect, in the face, etc.: rara tamen mendo facies caret,Ov. A. A. 3, 261.
Menecles Mĕnĕcles, is, m., = Μενεκλῆς, an Asiatic rhetorician from Alabanda, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95; id. Or. 69, 231. Hence, Mĕ-nĕclĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menecles the rhetorician: Meneclium studium,Cic. Brut. 95, 326.
Menedemus Mĕnĕdēmus, i, m., = Μενέδημος. An Eretrian philosopher, a disciple of Plato, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129.An Athenian rhetorician in the time of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 85.A peripatetic philosopher from Rhodes, Gell. 13, 5, 3.A Greek admitted to the privileges of citizenship, but afterwards executed, Cic. Att. 15, 19, 2.A general of Alexander the Great, Curt. 7, 6, 13; 7, 7, 15.The name of a man, one of the Dramatis Personae in Ter. Heaut.
Menelaeus Mĕnĕlāēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menelaüs: thalamus,Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 14.
Menelais Menelāis, ĭdis and ĭdos, f., a city in Epirus, Liv. 39, 26.
Menelaius Mĕnĕlaĭus, i, m., a mountain in Laconia, on the Eurotas, near Sparta, Liv. 34, 28.
Menelaus Mĕnĕlāüs, i, m., = Μενέλαος. Son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen, who eloped from him with Paris, Cic. Brut. 13, 50; id. Rep. 5, 9, 14; Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34; Ov. M. 13, 203; id. A. A. 2, 359.Transf., a cuckold. Jestingly of M. Lucullus,
whose wife was seduced by C. Memmius
,Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3. Menelaus Marathenus, a Greek rhetorician, from the old Phoenician city of Marathus, Cic. Brut. 26, 100. Menelai portus, a city with a port of the same name on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Cyrene and Egypt, Nep. Ages. 8, 6; also called Menelaita urbs, Edict. Justin. 13, 9, 2. Hence, adj.: Mĕnĕlāĕus, a, um, of Menelaus, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 14.
Menenianus Mĕnēnĭānus, a, um, see the foll. art. II. B.
Menenius Mĕnēnĭus, name of a Roman gens. Its most celebrated member was Menenius Agrippa, who told the people the fable of the belly and the limbs, Liv. 2, 16, 7; 2, 32, 8; 2, 33, 10. Another Menenius in the time of Horace, noted as a foolish person, Hor. S. 2, 3, 287. Hence, Mĕnēnĭus, a, um, adj., Menenian: tribus,
a Roman tribe
,Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2.Mĕnēnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menenius, Menenian: judicium,i. e.
Menephron Mĕnē^phron, ŏnis, m., = Μενεφρων, the name of an immoral person, Ov M. 7, 386; called also Mĕnō^phrus, Hyg. Fab. 253.
Menerva Mĕnerva, v. Minerva init.
Menestheus Mĕnestheus (-steus), ei and eos, m., = Μενεσθευς, a man's name. A son of Iphicrates the Athenian, Nep. lphicr. 3.A king of the Athenians, a leader in the Trojan war, Just. 2, 6.A charioteer of Diomedes, Stat. Th. 6, 661; 712. = Mnestheus, q. v.
Menia Mēnĭa Cŏlumna, v. Maenius.
Menianum Mēnĭānum, v. Maen-.
meninga mēninga, ae, f., = μῆνιγξ, the membrane which covers the brain, Theod. Prisc. 2, 2, 9.
menion mēnĭon, ii, n., the name of a plant, also called menogenion, App. Herb. 64.
Menippeus Mĕnippĕus, a, um, v. Menippus.
Menippus Mĕnippus, i, m., = Μένιππος. A Cynic philosopher famous for his bitter sarcasms, whence Varro gave to his satires the name of Menippeae, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8; Gell. 2, 18, 7; Macr. S. 1, 11, 42; 1, 7, 12; Arn. 6, 207. A great Asiatic orator in the time of Cicero, from Stratonice, Cic. Brut. 91, 315.
menis mēnis, ĭdis, f., = μηνίς, a little halfmoon, crescent, placed as an ornament at the beginning of books (post-class.): a primā menide libri,i. e.
from the beginning
,Aus. Prof. 25, 1.
Menius Mēnĭus, i, m., = Μήνιος, son of Lycaon, Ov. Ib. 472.
Mennis Mennis, is, f., a city of Assyria, in Adiabene, Curt. 5, 1, 15.
Menoetes Mĕnoetes, is, acc.en, m., = Μενοίτης. One of the companions of Æneas: compellat voce Menoetem,Verg. A. 5, 161.An Arcadian slain by Turnus, Verg. A. 12, 517.
Menoetius Mĕnoetĭus, ii, m., = Μενοίτιος, the son of Actor and father of Patroclus, one of the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 14 and 97. Hence, Mĕnoetĭădes, ae, m., = Μενοιτιάδης, theson of Menœtius, i. e. Patroclus, the friend of Achilles, Prop. 2, 1, 38.
menogenion mēnogĕnĭon, ii, n., = μήνη (moon) and γένειον (chin), a plant good for the cure of somnambulism, App. Herb. 64.
menoides mēnŏīdes = μηνοειδής, the moon during her first days, the new moon, Firm. Math. 4 praef. fin.
Menon Mĕnōn, ōnis. m., = Μένων, the name of one of Plato's dialogues, Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57.
Menotyrannus Mēnŏtyrannus, i, m., = μηνοτύ ραννος, lord of the months, Inscr. Fabr. p. 666, 522; Inscr. Grut. 28, 6 al.
mens mens, mentis (nom. sing. mentis: terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.; so too, istic est de sole sumptus; isque totus mentis est, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll.; cf. Enn. p. 168, v. 6 and 7 Vahl.), f.from the root men, whence memini, q. v., and comminiscor, the mind, disposition; the heart, soul (class.). In gen.: fusi sine mente ac sine sensu ullo jaceant, Enn. ap. Non. 312, 26 (Ann. v. 134 Vahl.): nubilam mentem Animi habeo,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 6: mens animi,Cat. 65, 4: mens animi vigilat,Lucr. 4, 758: mala mens, malus animus,
,Suet. Calig. 60: mens mollis ad calamitates perferendas,Caes. B. G. 3, 19: humanae mentis vitium ... saeva cupido,Juv. 14, 175. In partic. The conscience: cum vero jurato sententia dicenda est, meminerit, deum se adhibere testem, id est ut ego arbitror, mentem suam,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: auditor, cui frigida mens est crimi nibus,Juv. 1, 166: quos diri conscia fact, Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit,id. 13, 194.The intellectual faculties, the mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection, etc.: mens, cui regnum totius animi (soul) a naturā tributum est, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: animus ita est constitutus, ut habeat praestantiam mentis,id. Fin. 5, 12, 34: deorum mente atque ratione omnem mundum administrari et regi,id. N. D. 1, 2, 4: mente complecti aliquid,
,Cic. Brut. 61, 218: quis est tam vecors, qui ea, quae tanta mente fiunt, casu putet posse fieri?id. Har. Resp. 9, 19: vobis dent mentem oportet (di), ut prohibeatis, sicut mihi dederunt, ut, etc.,Liv. 6, 18: quid tibi istuc in mentem venit?
what comes into your mind? what are you thinking of?
,Cic. Quint. 2, 6: tibi tuarum virtutum veniat in mentem,id. de Or 2, 61, 249: venit mihi Platonis in mentem,id. Fin. 5, 1, 2: solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis,id. Fam. 7, 3, 1.Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design. quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1, 676: ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eādem mente sim futurus, Nep. Hann. 2, 5: Dolabella classem eā mente comparavit, ut,Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1: mentes deorum scrutari in fibris,Ov. M. 15, 136: ferro percussit, sed non occidendi mente, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3: poenae modus ex mente facientis statui potest,ib. 13, 3, 2: in mente est mihi dormire,
I have a mind to
,Petr. 21.Spirit, boldness, courage: addere mentem, to give courage to, Hor Ep. 2, 2, 36: demittunt mentes,
mensa mensa, ae, f [Sanscr, ma, measure; Gr. μέτρον; cf. manus, mane, etc.], a table for any purpose, as a dining-table; a market-stand for meat, vegetables, etc.; a money-dealer's table or counter, a sacrificial table, etc. Lit. Of the table itself as a fabrid: non ferre mensam nisi crebris distinctam venis,Sen. Dial. 3, 35, 5: mensa inanis nunc si adponatur mihi,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26: cibos in mensam alicui apponere,id. Men. 1, 3, 29: surgunt a mensā saturi, poti,id. Ps. 1, 3, 62: ad mensam consistere. to wait at table, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61: auferre mensam,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 14: apud mensam,
,Juv. 1, 138: prior, proxima mensa, the first, the second rank at table; the first or second in esteem: Raeticis uvis prior mensa erat,Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 9, 17, 29, § 63: secunda mensa, the second course, the dessert (at which much wine was used), Cels 1, 2: haec ad te scripsi, appositā secundā mensā,
during the dessert
,Cic. Att. 14, 6, 2; 14, 21, 4: Agesilaus coronas secundamque mensam servis dispertiit, Nep Ages. 8, 4: secunda mensa bono stomacho nihil nocet,Cels. 1, 2, fin.: mensae tempore,
,Suet. Claud. 15. Mensa lusoria, a gaming-table (late Lat.), Aug. Conf. 8, 6.A sacrificial table: Curiales mensae, in quibus immolabatur Junoni, quae Curis est appellata, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Curiales, p. 64 Müll.: mensae deorum,Verg. A. 2, 764: Jovis mensa,Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105: a small altar: super tumulum statuere,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66. The long flat part, the table, of a military engine (e. g. of a catapult), Vitr. 10, 16.A stand or platform on which slaves were exposed for sale: servus de mensā paratus,App. M. 8, p. 213; id. Mag. 17, p. 285, 15.
mensalis mensālis, e, adj.mensa, of or belonging to the table, table- (post-class.): argentum mensale,
mensarius mensārĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to the table or counter; only subst.mensārĭus, ii, m., a money-changer, banker In gen.: mensaril nummularii, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124, 17 Müll.: Cassius Parmens. ap. Suet. Aug. 4. In partic., a public banker, who regulated the paying out of public moneys, Cic. Fl. 19, 44: quinqueviris creatis, quos mensarlos ab dispensatione pecuniae appellārunt,Liv. 7, 21: mensarii triumviri,id. 23, 21; 26, 36.Mensārĭum, ii, n., table furniture, a table-cloth: collarium, quod in collo est.: mensarium, quod in mensā est, Prisc. p. 590 P.
mensatim mensātim, adv.mensa, by tables, from table to table (late Lat.), Juvenc. 3, 214.
mensio mensĭo, ōnis, f.metior, a measuring, measure: vocum,
mensis mensis, is (gen. plur. regularly mensium; freq. mensum,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 78; Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; id. Verr 2, 74, 182 al.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3; Ov. M. 8, 500; id. F. 5, 187; 424; Liv. 3, 24, 4; 3, 25, 4; Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49 et saep.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1. p. 265 sq.), m.root ma-, measure; Sanscr mas; Gr. μην, the measure of time; cf. Goth. mena; Germ. Mond; Engl. moon, month, a month. Lit.: mensium nomina,Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33 Müll.; Censor 22: hunc mensem vortentem servare, the return of this month, i. e. a full year, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76: septem menses sunt. quom in hasce aedis pedem nemo mtro tulit, id Most. 2, 2, 39: lunae cursus qui, quia mensa spatia conficiunt, menses nominantur,Cic. N D 2, 27, 69: annūm novūm voluerunt esse primum mensem Martium, Atta ap Serv. Verg. G. 1, 43: primo mense,
mensor mensor, ōris, m.metior, a measurer (post Aug.). In gen.: te maris, et terrae, numeroque carentis arenae Mensorem cohibent, Archyta,Hor. C. 1, 28, 1: frumentarius,
a corn-measurer
,Paul. Dig. 27, 1, 26. In partic. A surveyor: non agricolae sed mensoris officium esse dicebam,Col. 6, 1: cautus humum longo signavit limite mensor,Ov. M. 1, 136.An architect, Plin. Ep. 10, 27, 5; 10, 18, 3; Inscr. Orell. 3223.Milit. t. t.An engineer, Amm. 19, 11, 8; Cassiod. Var. 3, 52.One who measures out the ground for an encampment, a quartermaster, Veg. Mil. 2, 7, Cod. Th. 7, 8, 4; Inscr. Orell. 3473.
mensorium mensōrĭum, i, n.mensor, a basket (late Lat.): caput Johannis in mensorio accipere,Cassiod. H. E. 10, 15.
menstrua menstrŭa, ōrum, v. menstruus.
menstrualis menstrŭālis, e, adj.menstruus, monthly, every month, for a month. In gen.: epulae,i. e.
free entertainment for a month
,Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 23: sphaera, Prud. στεφ. 10, 538.Of or belonging to the monthly courses of women, menstrual (post-Aug.): solum animal menstruale mulier est,Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63: mulier men strualis,
menstruo menstrŭo, āre, v. n. and a. [id.]. Neutr., to have a monthly term, to be men struant (post-class.): mulier menstruans,Pall. 1, 35, 3.Act., to pollute; trop.: pannus menstruatae justitiae nostrae,
menstruus menstrŭus, a, um, adj.mensis. Of or belonging to a month, that happens every month, monthly. In gen. (class.): ferias menstruas edicere,Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.: usura,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: ventorum ratio,Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.Subst.menstrŭa, ōrum, n., the monthly sacri fices: ad menstrua solvenda montem ascendunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 32. menstrŭum, i, n.: menstruum meum Calend Septembr finitur,
mensualis mensŭālis, e, adj.mensis, of a month, monthly (post-class.): numerus, Gromat. Vet. p. 393, 12: speculatio,id. ib. p. 415, 13: stipendia,Fulg. Contin. Virg. p. 142, 3.
mensula mensŭla, ae, f.dim.id., a little table (ante-class. and post-Aug.), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150; Petr. 136; App. M. 2, 11, p. 119.
mensura mensūra. ae, f.metior, a measuring, measure (class.). Lit.: mensuram facere alicujus, Ov A. A. 3, 265: agere,
to measure, survey
,Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5: inire. Col 5, 3: res (quae) pondere numero mensura constant,Gai. Inst. 2, 196.Transf., a measure, by which any thing is measured: majore mensurā reddere,Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48: qui modus mensurae medimnus appellatur,
kind of measure
,Nep. Att. 2, 6: mensuras et pondera invenit Phidon Argivus, aut Palamedes,Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198: ex aquā, i. e. clepsydra,Caes. B. G. 5, 13: quicquid sub aurium mensuram aliquam cadit, numerus vocatur,Cic. Or 20, 67: de mensura jus dicere,Juv. 10, 101. Trop., measure, quantity, proportion, capacity, power, extent, degree, etc.: dare alicui mensuram bibendi,
,id. M. 12, 57: sui, one's own measure, i. e. capacity, Juv. 11, 35: sed deerat pisci patinae mensura,
was too small
,Juv. 4, 72: nuribus Argolicis fui Mensura voti, I was the measure of their wishes, i. e. they desired to have as much as I possessed, Sen. Herc. Oet. 400: submittere se ad mensuram discentis,
to accommodate one's self to the capacity of the learner
mensurabilis mensūrābĭlis, e, adj.mensura, that can be measured, measurable (post-class.): spatium,Prud. Apoth. 881. Hence, men-sūrābĭlĭter, adv., measurably, Aug. Specul. 20.
mensuralis mensūrālis, e, adj.id., of or belonging to measuring, measuring- (post-class.): mensuralis linea, Sicul. Fl. p. 19 Goes. Plur. as subst.: mensūrālia, ium, n., the title of a work by Varro, Prisc. p. 817 P. Hence, adv.: mensūrālĭter, by measure (post-class.), Hyg. de Limit. p. 167 Goes.
mensuratio mensūrātĭo, ōnis, f.mensuro, a measuring, mensuration (post-class.): jugeri, Auct. de Limit. p. 264 Goes.: agrorum, Jul. Vict. Art. Rhet. 3, 5; p. 379, 12 Halm.
mensurator mensūrātor, is, m.id., a measurer (late Lat.), Hier. in Psa. 44.
mensurnus mensurnus, a, um, adj.mensis, monthly (for the more usual menstruus): spatium, * Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39 (acc. to Prisc. p 595 P.; B. and K. menstrui spatii); so Novat. de Trinit.: divisiones. Cypr. Ep. 34.
mensuro mensūro, 1, v. a.mensura, to measure (post-class.): fossa mensuratur,Veg. Mil. 1, 25; Gromat. Vet. p. 232, 9: fines, Hilar. in Psa. 15, 8: longitudinem,Vulg. Ezech. 45, 3; 48, 30 al.Trop., to measure, estimate: suas opes viresque suorum, Coripp. Laud. Just. 3, 372. Hence, mensūratē, adv., by measurement, Cassiod. in Psa. 69, 5.
mensus mensus, a, um, Part., from metior.
mensus mensus. ūs (only in abl. sing.), m. [metior], a measuring, measure, v. l. ap. App. de Mundo, p. 253 dub.
menta menta (mentha), ae, f., = μίντη, mint, acc. to the myth, so called from Menthe or Minthe, a nymph who was changed by Proserpine into this plant, Ov. M. 10, 729; 8, 663; Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159: ructatrix,Mart. 10, 48, 10: serpens, Col. poët. 10, 119. Prov.: decimatis mentham et rutam et omne olus, et praeteritis judicium,i. e.
carefully attend to trifles and neglect weighty matters
Mentesanus Mentēsānus, a, um, adj.Of or belonging to the city of Mentesa (Mentissa, Liv. 26, 17) in Hispania Baetica: ordo Mentesanus,Inscr. Grut. 384, 2. In plur.: Mentesani Bastuli,Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 25. Mentesani Oretani in Hispaniā Tarraconensi, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 19; Liv. 26, 17.
mentha mentha, v. menta.
mentiens mentĭens, entis, Part., from mentior, q. v.
mentigo mentīgo, ĭnis, f.mentum, a kind of eruption, scab, on lambs (i. q. ostigo, q. v.), Col. 7, 5, 21.
mentio mentĭo, ōnis, f.from root man-, men-; v. memini, a calling to mind, a cursory speaking of, a making mention, mentioning, naming, mention: civitatis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 166: casu in eorum mentionem incidi,
mentio mentĭo, ire, 4, v. n. (archaic collat. form of mentior, Prisc. 8, 6, 29, p. 799 P.): te mentire spirito sancto, v. l. for mentiri,Vulg. Act. 5, 3; for mentitus, pass. part., v. mentior fin., and cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 297 sq.
mentior mentĭor, ītus, 4 (fut. mentibitur, for mentietur, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 35; 2, 2, 99; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 448), v. dep. n. and a. [prob. from root men-, whence mens, memini, q. v. Original meaning, to invent; hence], Neutr., to lie, cheat, deceive, etc.: mentiri palam,Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89: mentire,id. Poen. 3, 5, 18: adversus aliquem,id. Aul. 4, 7, 9: apud aliquem,id. Poen. 1, 1, 24: sibi,id. Am. 1, 2, 6: mihi,id. Capt. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 35: aperte,Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18: in re aliquā,id. Att. 12, 21, 4: de re aliquā,id. N. D. 3, 6, 14: adeo veritatis diligens, ut ne joco quidem mentiretur,Nep. Epam. 3, 1. With acc. and inf., to pretend, to declare falsely: certam me sum mentitus habere Horam, quae, etc.,Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 53; Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67: mentior nisi or si mentior, a form of asseveration, I am a liar, if, etc.: mentior, nisi et quae alunt illud, corpora sunt,Sen. Ep. 106, 5: si mentiar, inquit, Ultima, quā fallam, sit Venus illa mihi,Ov. F. 4, 227. Of things, to deceive, impose upon: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur, oratio vero saepissime, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6: in quibus nihil umquam ... vetustas mentita sit,id. N. D. 2, 5, 15.To deceive one's self, mistake: mentire, gnate,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 83 Brix ad loc.Act., to lie or speak falsely about, to assert falsely, make a false promise about; to feign, counterfeit, imitate a shape, nature, etc.: cujus consilio tantam rem mentitus esset,
mentulatus mentŭlātus, a, um, adj.mentula, having a mentula (rare). Comp.: Priapo mentulatior,Auct. Priap. 37.
mentum mentum, i, n.root men-, min-, to project; cf.: minae, minari, etc., the chin of persons and animals; also, the chin with the hair that grows on it, the beard. Lit.: Herculis mentum paulo attritius,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: attingere,Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 251: incana,Verg. A. 6, 809: caprarum,Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 204.Transf., in archit., the projecting part of a cornice, which casts off the rain, the coping, Vitr. 4, 3, 6.
mentum mentumdicebant, quod nos commentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.
menui menui, the Indian name of a precious stone which the Greeks called xanthos, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 169.
mercator mercātor, ōris, m.id., a trader, merchant, esp. a wholesale dealer (opp. to caupo, a retailer; class.). Lit.: venalicii mercatoresque,Cic. Or. 70, 232: multi ad eos mercatores ventitant,Caes. B. G. 4, 3. Transf.A dealer, speculator: non consules, sed mercatores provinciarum,Cic. post Red. in Sen. 4, 10. Rarely of a petty dealer: vilis sacci mercator olentis,Juv. 14, 269.A buyer, purchaser: signorum,Cic. Verr. 1, 20, 60: veneni,Juv. 13, 154.
mercatorius mercātōrĭus, a, um, adj.mercator, mercantile (ante-class.): navis mercatoria,
mercatura mercātūra, ae, f.mercor, trade, traffic, commerce (class.). Lit.: mercatura autem, si tenuis est, sordida putanda est; sin magna et copiosa, non est admodum vituperanda,Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151: mercaturas facere,
mercatus mercātus, ūs, m.id., trade, traffic, buying and selling (class.): apud aedem Veneris mercatus meretricius,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129: turpissimus mercatus,Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 6: domesticus,id. ib. 3, 12, 30.Transf., a place for trade, market-place.market, mart: postquam pater ad mercatum abiit,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 55: frequens mercatus,Liv. 1, 30: mercatus conventusque Graeciae,Suet. Ner. 28: mercatu indicto,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 133: Asiae Graeciaeque,Liv. 33, 32, 2; Tac. H. 3, 30: (Numa Pompilius) mercatus ludos omnesque conveniendi causas et celebritates invenit,Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 27. In gen., a festival assemblage, public feast, transl. of the Greek πανήγυρις: mercatus is qui habetur maximo ludorum apparatu, totius Graeciae celebritate,Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8: in mercatu Olympiaco,Just. 13, 5, 3: Asiae Graeciaeque is mercatus erat,Liv. 33, 32, 2: magna pars Italiae stato in eosdem dies mercatu congregata,Tac. H. 3, 30.
mercedarius mercēdārĭus, ii, m.merces, he who pays wages: ostende mercedarios tuos,Sen. Contr. 5, 33, 5 and 25; cf. Gloss. Isid. s. v., ‡ 1. mercedonius.
mercedituum mercēditŭum, mercenarium, quod mercede se tueatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.
mercedonius mercēdŏnĭus, a, um, adj.1. merces-do, of or belonging to the payment of wages: Mercedonios (dies) dixerunt a mercede solvendā, on which wages are paid, pay-days, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.Subst.: mercēdŏnĭus, ii, m., a payer of wages, paymaster: mercedonius, qui solvit mercedem; ‡ mercedarius (an employer), qui dat mercedem pro labore sibi impenso, Gloss. Isid. 37.
‡† Mercēdŏnĭus or Mercēdī-nus, = Μερκηδόνιος, Μερκεδῖνος, mensis, an intercalary month of 22 or 23 days, inserted every two years in the calendar of Numa, Vet. Kalend. Rom. ap. Grut. 133; cf. so Laur. Lyd. de Mens. 4, 92.
mercedula mercēdŭla, ae, f.dim.1. merces. Small wages, poor pay (class.): infimi homines mercedula adducti,Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 198: isto modo nec medico quicquam debere te nisi mercedulam dicis nec praeceptori,Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 1.Hire, rent, income: constituere mercedulas praediorum,Cic. Att. 13, 11, 1.
mercenarius mercēnārĭus (in old MSS. written mercennarius), a, um, adj.id., that does any thing for reward or pay; hired for money, wages, or pay; paid, hired, mercenary (opp. to gratuitus, without pay, gratuitous). Adj. Of persons: comes,Cic. Pis. 21, 49: miles,Liv. 24, 49: testes,
hired, bribed
,Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3: praetor,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 54. Of inanim. and abstr. things: mercenaria arma,Liv. 30, 8: liberalitas gratuitane est, an mercenaria?Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 48: ancilla mercenariae stipis,Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 172: vincla, his hireling fetters, i. e. his salaried office of praeco, which kept him confined, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67. Subst.: mercēnārĭus, ii, m., a hireling, hired servant: tuus mercenarius,Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 55: non male praecipiunt, qui ita jubent uti servis, ut mercenariis,Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41: illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum,id. ib. 1, 42, 150: Oppionici,id. Clu. 59, 163: servus perpetuus mercenarius est,i. e.
mercimonium mercĭmōnĭum, ii, n.merx, goods, wares, merchandise (ante-class. and postAug.): in vostris mercimoniis Emundis vendundisque,Plaut. Am. prol. 1; id. Most. 3, 3, 9; 12: quid agit meum mercimonium apud te?id. Curc. 4, 4, 8: videre cupio nostrum mercimonium, Turp. ap. Non. 213, 8: per tabernas, quibus id mercimonium inerat, quo flamma alitur,Tac. A. 15, 38.
merco merco, are, v. mercor fin.
mercor mercor, ātus, 1 (archaic form, mercassitur for mercatus fuerit, Inscr. Grut. 512, 20. Inf. mercarier for mercari, Hor. S. 2, 3, 24), v. dep. n. and a. [id.], to trade, traffic, deal in commodities (absol., Plaut. Merc. prol. 82), to buy, purchase something from a person (cf. nundinor). Lit., constr. with aliquid ab or de aliquo, with abl. or gen. of the price (class.): aliquid ab aliquo,Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: fundum de pupillo,id. Fl. 20, 46: aliquid tanto pretio,id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133: hortos egregiasque domos,Hor. S. 2, 3, 24: quanti mercatura mullum luxuria?Plin. 9, 18, 31, § 68: hanc (segetem),Juv. 14, 143. In part. pres.: mercans, antis, subst., a buyer, purchaser: spem mercantium frustrari,Suet. Aug. 75.Trop.: ego haec officia mercanda vitā puto,
to be purchased with life
,Cic. Att. 9, 5, 3: amorem muneribus,Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 15. In pass. signif., to be bought (mostly post-Aug.): jam quidem facta emplastra mercantur,Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 108. Part. perf.: mercātus, a, um, bought, purchased: commeatibus mercatis, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 12: cultus,Prop. 1, 2, 5: sestertiis centum quinquaginta milibus trullam unam mercatam a matrefamilias,Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29 (the better reading is mercatā matre, Jan.).
Mercurialis Mercŭrĭālis, e, adj.Mercurius, of or belonging to the god Mercury: caduceum,App. M. 11, p. 262: unde frequentia Mercuriale Imposuere mihi cognomen compita, called me Mercury (as being a skilful man of business), Hor. S. 2, 3, 25. Subst.: Mercŭrĭāles, ium, m., the name of a corporation of traders: Mercuriales M. Furium Flaccum de collegio ejecerunt,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2. With reference to Mercury as the god of scholars: Faunus, Mercurialium Custos virorum,Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.Of or belonging to the planet Mercury: cursus,Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4.Transf. Herba mercurialis, a plant, dog's-mercury, Cato, R. R. 158; Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 38. Pagus Mercurialis, a town of Africa propria, in Zeugitana, Inscr. Spon. Miscell. Erud. Antiq. p. 191.
Mercuriolus Mercŭrĭŏlus, i, m.dim.id., a littleimage of Mercury, App. Mag. p. 314, 16; 315, 4.
Mercurius Mercŭrĭus, ii, m., = Ἑρμῆς, Mercury, the son of Jupiter and Maia, the messenger of the gods; as a herald, the god of dexterity; in speaking, of eloquence; the bestower of prosperity; the god of traders and thieves; the presider over roads, and conductor of departed souls to the Lower World: Mercurius a mercibus est dictus. Hunc etenim negotiorum omnium aestimabant esse deum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 3, 22 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 185; id. Arat. 277; Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Verg. A. 4, 222; Hor. C. 1, 10, 1; Ov. F. 5, 663 sqq.: stella Mercurii, the planet Mercury: infra hanc autem stella Mercurii est, ea στίλβων appellatur a Graecis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 54; so, stella Mercurii,id. Univ. 9; also simply Mercurius,id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: dies Mercurii or Mercuris,
Wednesday
,Inscr. Murat. 402, 7. Appel. gen. plur.: Mercuriorum,Tert. Spect. 1, 11 fin.Transf., the withers of draught-cattle, between the neck and the back (post-class.), Veg. Vet. 2, 59; 4, 3. In partic. Aqua Mercurii, a fountain in the via Appia, Ov. F. 5, 673. Tumulus Mercurii, near Carthago nova, Liv. 26, 44. Promontorium Mercurii, in Africa, in Zeugitana, near Carthage, now Capo Bon, Liv. 29, 27; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87.
merenda mĕrenda, ae, f.mereo, q. v., an afternoon luncheon, taken between four and five o'clock (ante- and post-class.): merendam antiqui dicebant pro prandio, quod scilicet medio die caperetur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: merenda dicitur cibus post meridiem qui datur,Non. 28, 32; Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 49; Afran. ap. Non. 28, 33: serae hora merendae,Calp. Ecl. 5, 60; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 12. Also of feed or medicine for a beast: Cyprio bovi merendam, Ennius cum dixit, significat id, quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59 Müll. (sola, v. 2 Vahl. p. 164).
Merenda Merenda, ae, m., a Roman surname: T. Antonius Merenda, a consul, A. U. C. 304, Liv. 3, 35.
merendarius mĕrendārĭus, ii, m.1. merenda, one who takes an afternoon luncheon (postAug.), Sen. Contr. 5, 33 fin. dub. (al. mercenarios).
merendo mĕrendo, 1, v. n.id., to take an afternoon luncheon (late Lat.): merenda est cibus, qui declinante die sumitur, quasi post meridiem edenda: Hinc merendare, quasi meridie edere,Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 12.
merens mĕrens, entis, Part. and P. a. of mereo, q. v.
,Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 3. In a bad sense: meruisse supplicium,Ov. M. 5, 666. In partic. To earn, gain, get, obtain, acquire: quid meres? quantillo argenti te conduxit Pseudulus?Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 95: iste, qui meret HS. vicenos, Varr. ap. Non. 4, 296: non amplius duodecim aeris, Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: ne minus gratiae praecipiendo recta quam offensae reprendendo prava mereamur,Quint. 4, 2, 39: nomen patronorum,id. 6, 4, 5: indulgentiam, principis ingenio,Tac. Dial. 9 fin.: nomen gloriamque merere,id. H. 2, 37: famam,id. ib. 2, 31; id. A. 15, 6: ancillā natus diadema Quirini meruit,Juv. 8, 260: odium,Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3: quantum quisque uno die mereret,Suet. Calig. 40 fin.: aera,Hor. A. P. 345. With ut (rare): quem ego ut non excruciem, alterum tantum auri non meream, would not give up torturing him for, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 65: neque ille sibi mereat Persarum montes ... ut istuc faciat, would not do it for, etc., id. Stich. 1, 1, 24.To get by purchase, to buy, purchase: uxores, quae vos dote meruerunt,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 124: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut ab eis marmorea Venus illa auferatur?
what do you think they would take? for what price would they let it be carried away?
,Val. Fl. 1, 519. In milit. lang., mereri and merere stipendia, or simply merere (lit., to earn pay), to serve for pay, to serve as a soldier, serve in the army: mereri stipendia,Cic. Cael. 5, 11: meruit stipendia in eo bello,id. Mur. 5, 12: adulescens patre suo imperatore meruit,id. ib.: complures annos,Caes. B. G. 7, 17: triennio sub Hannibale,Liv. 21, 4 fin.: Romanis in castris,Tac. A. 2, 10: in Thracia,Suet. Vesp. 2: merere equo,
,Liv. 24, 18: mereri aere (al. equo) publico, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 2. Mereri (ante-class., merere) de aliquo, or de aliquā re, to deserve or merit any thing of one, to behave in any manner towards one, in a good or bad sense (in Plaut. also with erga): te ego, ut digna es, perdam, atque ut de me meres,Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22: ut erga me est merita,id. Am. 5, 1, 49: nam de te neque re neque verbis merui, ut faceres quod facis,id. Aul. 2, 2, 45: saepe (erga me; sc. illam) meritam quod vellem scio,
that she has often treated me as I desired
,Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 37. Esp.: bene, male, optime, etc., mereri, to deserve well, ill, etc.: de mendico male meretur, qui ei dat, etc.,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58: de re publicā bene mereri,Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 2: de populi Romani nomine,id. Brut. 73, 254: melius de quibusdam acerbos inimicos mereri, quam eos amicos, qui dulces videantur,id. Lael. 24, 90: de re publica meruisse optime,id. Att. 10, 4, 5: perniciosius de re publicā merentur vitiosi principes,id. Leg. 3, 14, 32: stet haec urbs praeclara, quoquo modo merita de me erit,id. Mil. 34, 93: Paulus, qui nihil meruit,i. e.
was innocent
,Lact. 2, 16, 17: ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse, ut,Caes. B. G. 1, 11: Caesarem imperatorem bene de republicā meritum,
deserving well
,id. B. C. 1, 13: optime cum de se meritum judicabat,id. ib. 3, 99: milites mirifice de re publicā meriti,Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 3: homines de me divinitus meriti,id. Red. in Sen. 12, 30; cf.: te ego ut digna's perdam atque ut de me meres,Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22. Hence, mĕrens, entis, P. a., that deserves or merits any thing; in a good sense, deserving; in a bad sense, guilty; that has rendered himself deserving towards any one or of any thing; with de, rarely with dat.; esp. with bene, well-deserving (mostly poet. and post-class.): consul laudare, increpare merentes,Sall. J. 100: laurea decreta merenti,Ov. P. 2, 2, 91: quem periisse, ita de re publicā merentem, doleo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 344, 23; so Inscr. Grut. 933, 5. With dat.: quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19. In sup.: HOMINI BENE MERENTISSIMO, Inscr. Rein. cl. 16, 8; Inscr. Grut. 932, 7; ib. 1129, 3.mĕrĭtus, a, um, P. a.Deserving: meriti juvenci,Verg. G. 2, 515. Sup.: filiae meritissimae, Inscr. Rein. cl. 5, 35. Pass., deserved, due, fit, just, proper, right: ignarus, laus an poena merita esset,Liv. 8, 7: triumphus,id. 39, 4, 6: iracundiam, neque eam injustam, sed meritam ac debitam fuisse,
just
,Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 203: mors,Verg. A 4, 696: noxia, committed, perpetrated,Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1: meritis de causis, for merited, i. e. just reasons, Dig. 48, 20. Sup.: famā optimā et meritissimā frui,Plin. Ep. 5, 15. Hence, mĕrĭtum, i, n.That which one deserves, desert; in a good sense, reward, recompense; in a bad sense, punishment (only ante- and postclass.): nihil suave meritum est,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 75: specta denique, quale caelesti providentia meritum reportaverit,
reward, punishment
,App. M. 8, p. 214: delictorum,Tert. Apol. 21.That by which one deserves any thing of another, a merit; esp. in a good sense, a service, kindness, benefit, favor (class.): propter eorum (militum) divinum atque immortale meritum,Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14: pro singulari eorum merito,id. Cat. 3, 6, 15: magnitudo tuorum erga me meritorum,id. Fam. 1, 1, 1: et hercule merito tuo feci,
,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 147: merita dare et recipere,Cic. Lael. 8, 26: magna ejus sunt in me non dico officia, sed merita,id. Fam. 11, 17, 1. Also demerit, blame, fault: Caesar, qui a me nullo meo merito alienus esse debebat,
,Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 18: amores,Cic. Cael. 20, 48.Subst.: mĕrē^trīcĭum, ii, n.The art of a courtesan: inmutari blandimentis, hortamentis, ceteris meretriciis,Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 63.The trade of a harlot: meretricium facere,Suet. Calig. 40. Hence, adv.: mĕrē^trīcĭē, after the manner of harlots, meretriciously (ante-class.): digne ornata, haud meretricie,Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 58.
meretricor mĕrĕtrīcor, ātus, 1, v. dep.id., to deal with harlots: meretricor ἑταιρεύω, Gloss. Philox.
mergae mergae, ārum, f.root marg-, to clear away; cf.: ἀμέργω, ἀμέλγω, mulgo, amurca, a two-pronged pitchfork, with which corn, when cut, was made into heaps: mergae furculae, quibus acervi frugum fiunt, dictae a volucribus mergis, quia, ut illi se in aquam mergunt, dum pisces persequuntur, sic messores eas in fruges demergunt, ut elevare possint manipulos, Paul. ex Fest, p. 124 Müll.: mergas datus, ut hortum fodiat,Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 58: multi mergis, alii pectinibus spicam ipsam legunt,Col. 2, 21, 3. Comically: si attigeris ostium, jam tibi hercle in ore fiet messio mergis pugneis,i. e.
mergito mergĭto, 1, v. a. freq. [mergo], to dip in, immerse: ter mergitamur, i. e. baptizamur (al. mersitamur),Tert. de Cor. Milit. 3.
mergo mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a.cf. Sanscr. madsh-, majan, to dip; Zend, masga, marrow; Germ. Mark; Engl. marrow, to dip, dip in, immerse; absol. also to plunge into water, to sink. Lit. (class.): eos (pullos) mergi in aquam jussit,Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7: aves, quae se in mari mergunt,id. ib. 2, 49, 124: putealibus undis,Ov. Ib. 391: Stygia undā,id. M. 10, 697: prodigia indomitis merge sub aequoribus,Tib. 2, 5, 80: ab hoc (the sword-fish) perfossas naves mergi,Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15: mersa navis omnes destituit,Curt. 4, 8, 8: mersa carina,Luc. 3, 632: cum coepisset mergi,Vulg. Matt. 14, 30: in immensam altitudinem mergi, ac sine ulla respirandi vice perpeti maria,Sen. Dial. 4, 12, 4: naves,Eutr. 2, 20: partem classis,Vell. 2, 42, 2: pars maxima classis mergitur,Luc. 3, 753 sq.: nec me deus aequore mersit,Verg. A. 6, 348: sub aequora,Ov. M. 13, 948; Luc. 3, 753: ter matutino Tiberi mergetur,
bathe
,Juv. 6, 523. Poet., of overwhelming waters, to engulf, swallow up, overwhelm, etc.: sic te mersuras adjuvet ignis aquas,Ov. Ib. 340: mersa rate,Juv. 14, 302.Transf.To sink down, sink in, to plunge, thrust, or drive in, to fix in, etc. (poet. and post-Aug. prose): palmitem per jugum mergere, et alligare,
,Mart. 3, 19, 4: mersisque in corpore rostris Dilacerant (canes) falsi dominum sub imagine cervi,Ov. M. 3, 249: fluvius in Euphratem mergitur, runs or empties into, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 128: visceribus ferrum. to thrust into, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 447. Of heavenly bodies, etc.: Bootes, Qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano,
sinks into
,Cat. 66, 68. In partic., to hide, conceal: mersitque suos in cortice vultus,Ov. M. 10, 498: vultum,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1348: diem or lucem, of the setting of the sun,id. Thyest. 771: terra caelum mergens, i. e. occidentalis, because there the sky seems to sink into the sea,Luc. 4, 54. Of those on board a vessel: mergere Pelion et templum, i. e. to sail away from until they sink below the horizon: condere,Val. Fl. 2, 6.Trop., to plunge into, sink, overwhelm, cover, bury, immerse, drown: aliquem malis,Verg. A. 6, 512: funere acerbo,
to bring to a painful death
,id. ib. 11, 28: mergi in voluptates,
to plunge into, yield one's self up to sensual delights
,Curt. 10, 3, 9: se in voluptates,Liv. 23, 18: mergit longa atque insignis honorum pagina,Juv. 10, 57. Esp. in part. pass.: Alexander mersus secundis rebus,
meridiatio mĕrīdĭātĭo, ōnis, f.meridio, a midday nap, siesta (class.): et lucubrationes detraxi, et meridiationes addidi,Cic. Div. 2, 68, 142.
meridies mĕrīdĭes, ēi, m. (f. ap. Amm. 26, 1, 9) [for medidies from medius-dies], mid-day, noon. Lit.: meridies ab eo, quod medius dies,Varr. L. L. 6, § 4 Müll.: ipsum meridiem cur non medidiem? credo, quod erat insuavius,Cic. Or. 47, 158; Quint. 1, 6, 30; Prisc. p. 551 P.: circiter meridiem,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 52: ante meridiem, post meridiem,Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 9: diem diffindere insiticio somno meridie,
to take a nap at noon
,Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 5: inclamare horam esse tertiam, itemque meridiem,Varr. L. L. 6, § 89 Müll.Transf.The south: inflectens sol cursum tum ad septentriones, tum ad meridiem,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: a meridie Aegyptus objacet, ab occasu Phoenices,Tac. H. 5, 6. In gen., the middle of a given time (ante- and postclass.): noctis circiter meridiem, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 9: actatis,Non. ib. 14.
meridio mĕrīdĭo, 1, v. n., and mĕrīdĭor, 1, v. dep.meridies, to take a mid-day nap or siesta: jube, ad te veniam meridiatum,Cat. 32, 3: meridiari ante cibum,Cels. 1, 2: dum ea meridiaret,Suet. Calig. 38: inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt,i. e.
have taken their ease
,Vulg. Job, 24, 11.
meridionalis mĕrīdĭōnālis, e, adj.id., southern, meridional (post-class.): plaga,Lact. 2, 9 (dub.; al. meridiana): signum, Firm. Math. 2, 12.
meridionarius mĕrīdĭōnārĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to mid-day, meridional (postclass.): gloria quoius lemulcatus (lemniscatus) meridionaria, Tit. ap. App. de Orthogr. p. 130 Mai.
Merinas Merīnas, ātis, adj., of or belonging to the city of Merinum, in Apulia: Merinates ex Gargano,Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.
Meriones Mērĭŏnes, ae, m., = Μηριόνης, a charioteer of Idomeneus, who piloted his ships from Crete to Troy, Ov. M. 13, 359; Hor. C. 1, 6, 15; 1, 15, 26.
meritissime mĕrĭtissĭmē (-mō), adv., v. mereo fin.
merito mĕrĭtō, adv., v. mereo fin.
merito mĕrĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.mereo. * To earn, gain: vilicus, qui sestertia dena meritāsset,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119: Roscius histrio HS. D. annua meritāsse proditur,Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 129.To serve for pay, to serve as a soldier, be a soldier: meritavere Cato ait pro meruere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 152 Müll.: Siculas meritare per oras,Sil. 10, 656.
meritorius mĕrĭtōrĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to the earning of money, by which money is earned, for which money is paid, that brings in money (class.). In gen.: vehicula,Suet. Calig. 39: balinea,Plin. Ep. 2, 17: cenaculum,Suet. Vit. 7: artificia,Sen. Ep. 88, 1: salutatio,
by which one hopes to obtain money, interested
,id. Brev. Vit. 14, 3: in meritorio stabulo,Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 16.Subst.: mĕrĭtōria, ōrum, n., places or rooms which are let out for a short time, Juv. 3, 234: facere, to let out rooms for a short time (opp. locare, to rent by the year), Dig. 7, 1, 13. In partic., of or belonging to the earning of money by prostitution, that earns money by prostitution: pueri,Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105: scorta,Suet. Claud. 15.Subst.: mĕrĭtōrium, ii, n., a bawdy-house, brothel (post-class.), Firm. Math. 6, 31.
meritum mĕrĭtum, i, n., v. mereo fin. B. 1.
meritus mĕrĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from mereo, q. v. fin. B.
merkedonius merkēdŏnĭus, v. mercedonius.
Mermeros Mermĕros, i, m., = Μέρμερος, one of the Centaurs present at the wedding of Pirithoüs, Ov. M. 12, 305.
Mermessius Mermessĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mermessus, in Phrygia, Mermessian: quicquid Mermessia dixit,i. e.
Mero Mĕro, ōnis, m.merum, the wine-bibber, a nickname bestowed on the emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero, in allusion to his drinking propensities: propter nimiam vini aviditatem, pro Tiberio Biberius, pro Claudio Caldius, pro Nerone Mero vocabatur,Suet. Tib. 42.
merobibus mĕrōbĭbus, a, um, adj.merum-bibo, that drinks wine unmixed (which among the ancients was the practice only of drunkards): anus multibiba atque merobiba,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 77.
Meroe Mĕrŏē, ēs, f., = Μερόη, a large and celebrated island of the Nile, in Ethiopia, now the province of Atbar, Mela, 1, 9, 2; Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 184; Ov. F. 4, 570; Luc. 10, 303; Juv. 6, 528. Transf., in a lusus verbb. with merum, of a tippling woman (cf. merobibus), Aus. Epigr. 20. Hence, Mĕ-rŏētĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meroë, Meroëtic: ebenus Meroëtica,Luc. 10, 117 Cort. (al. Mareotica).
Merope Mĕrŏpē, ēs, f., = Μερόπη, the mythic name of several persons. A daughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Pleiades, whose star is more obscure than the rest, because she wedded Sisyphus, a mortal, Ov. F. 4, 175. A daughter of Sol and Clymene, and sister of Phaëthon, Hyg. Fab. 152.The wife of Megareus, Hyg. Fab. 185.
merops mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = μέροψ, a bird that devours bees; hence also called apiastra, the bee-eater, Verg. G. 4, 14; cf. Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.
Merops Mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = Μέροψ. A king of Ethiopia, husband of Clymene, and reputed to be the father of Phaëthon, Ov. M. 1, 763; id. Tr. 3, 4, 30.A king of the isle of Cos, from whose name its inhabitants in early times were called Meropes, Quint. 8, 6, 71.A Roman proper name, Inscr. Mur. 887, 5.
merosus mĕrōsus, a, um, adj.merus, pure, unmixed (post-class.): vinum, Agroet. de Orthogr. p. 2273 P.
mersio mersĭo, ōnis, f.mergo, a dipping in, immersion: mersio, βύθισις, Gloss. Philox.
mersito mersĭto, 1, v. freq. a.id., to dip in, immerse (post-class.): nares in bibendo,Sol. 45, 18.
merso merso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.id., to dip in, immerse (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: balantumque gregem fluvio mersare salubri,Verg. G. 1, 272: balneo infertur, calida aqua mersatur,Tac. A. 15, 69.Trop., to overwhelm: rerum copia mersat,
merto merto, 1, v. freq. a.mergo, a collat. form of merso, to immerse, overwhelm (anteclass.): mertat pro mersat dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 14: quos hic non mertet metus, Att. ap. Non. 138, 33; 138, 2.
Merulinus Mĕrŭlīnus, i, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Raym. Guarin. Comm. 7, p. 41.
merulus mĕrŭlus, i, v. 1. merula init.
merum mĕrum, i, n., v. merus, 2.
merus mĕrus, a, um, adj.root mar-, to gleam; cf.: μάρμαρος, marmor, mare; hence, bright, pure, pure, unmixed, unadulterated, esp. of wine not mixed with water: merum antiqui dicebant solum: at nunc merum purum appellamus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll. Lit.: vinum merum, Varr. ap. Non. 4, 295: vina,Ov. M. 15, 331. Of other things: argentum merum,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 3: undae,Ov. M. 15, 323: lac,id. F. 4, 369: gustus,Col. 3, 21: claror,
clear, unclouded
,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 111: mero meridie,Petr. 37. Hence, Subst.: mĕrum, i, n., pure, unmixed wine, wine not mixed with water (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ingurgitare se in merum,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 35; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11; id. C. 1, 36, 13: objecturus Antonio Cicero merum et vomitum,Quint. 8, 4, 16: meri veteris torrens,Juv. 6, 319; 3, 283; Val. Fl. 5, 595: ad merum pronior,Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 145; 23, 1, 23, § 43.Transf.Bare, naked, uncovered (poet.): pes,Juv. 6, 158: stabat calce merā, Prud. στεφ. 6, 91. In gen., bare, nothing but, only, mere (class.): meri bellatores gignuntur,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 85: in medio (foro) ostentatores meri (ambulant),id. Curc. 4, 1, 15: Diogenem postea pallium solum habuisse, et habere Ulixem meram tunicam, nothing but, only, Varr. ap. Non. 344, 10: nihil, nisi spem meram,Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95: mera monstra nuntiare,Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1: proscriptiones, meri Sullae,id. ib. 9, 11, 3: scelera loquuntur,id. ib. 9, 13, 1: bellum,id. ib. 9, 13, 8: nugae,id. ib. 6, 3, 5: adfectus,Quint. 11, 1, 52.Trop., pure, true, real, genuine, unadulterated: meri principes,Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 94: velut ex diutinā siti nimis avide meram haurientes libertatem, immoderate, excessive, Liv. 39, 26; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66; but mera libertas, in Horace, signifies true, genuine freedom, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 8: Achaia, illa vera et mera Graecia,Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 2: Cecropis,
a real Athenian
,Juv. 6, 187. Hence, adv.: mĕrē, purely, without mixture, wholly, entirely (ante-class. and post-Aug.): si semel amoris poculum accepit mere,Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 22.
merx merx, cis (nom. sing. merces, Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 27 P.), f.mereo, goods, wares, commodities, merchandise (class.): invendibili merce oportet ultro emptorem adducere: Proba merx facile emptorem reperit,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 128: fallaces et fucosae,Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 40: peregrina et delicata,Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 1: femineae,
mesa mĕsa, ae, f., = μέση, middle, pure Lat. media (post-Aug.). Of hemp: tria ejus (cannabis) genera: laudatissima est e medio, quae mesa vocatur,
the middle sort
,Plin. 19, 9, 56, § 174.‡ † mĕsancŭlon, i, n. (mĕsancŭla, ae, f.), = μεσάγκυλον, a javelin, with a thong (acc. to others, a poise or bent handle) attached to the middle, Gell. 10, 25; cf.: mesanculum, teli missilis genus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.
Mesapia Mesāpĭa, ae, v. Messapia.
Mesapius Mesāpĭus, a, um, v. Messapius.
Mesapus Mesāpus, v. Messapus.
mesauloe mesauloe (trisyl.), ōn, f., = μέσαυλοι. In archit., narrow passages between two rooms or walls: inter duo autem peristylia itinera sunt, quae mesauloe dicuntur,Vitr. 6, 7 (10), 5; cf. andron.
Mesene Mĕsēnē, ēs, f., = Μεσήνη, the midland, a name of the district of Babylonia, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 129; Amm. 24, 3, 12.
meses mĕses, ae, m., = μέσης, the northnortheast wind, between boreas and caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120.
mesobrachys mĕsŏbrăchys, m., = μεσόβραχυς (sc. pes), a poetical foot of five syllables, of which only the middle one is short (e. g. pulcherrĭmarum; opp. to mesomacros),Diom. p. 479 P.
mesochorus mĕsŏchŏrus, i, m., = μεσόχορος, one who stands in the middle of a chorus (of dancers or singers) to lead it, a chorusleader (post-class.): cum mesochorus dedit signum,Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 7; Sid. Ep. 1, 2; Schol. Juv. 11, 172.
Mesogites Mĕsŏgītes, ae, m., a sort of wine from Mesogis (Messogis), a mountain of Lydia, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 75.
mesoides mĕsŏīdes, is, f., = μεσοειδής, a musical modulation (post-class.): mesoides, quae tonos aequales, mediosque custodit,Mart. Cap. 9, § 965 sq.
mesolabium mĕsŏlăbĭum, ii, n., = μεσολάβιον, a mathematical instrument for finding mean proportional lines, a mesolabe, Vitr. 9, 3, 14.
mesomacros mĕsŏmăcros, i, m., = μεσόμακρος (sc. pes), a poetical foot of five syllables, of which only the middle one is long (e. g. avidissimus; opp. mesobrachys),Diom. p. 478 P.
mesomelas mĕsŏmĕlas, ănos, f., = μεσομέλας, a white precious stone with a black stripe, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 174.
mesonauta mĕsŏnauta, ae, m., = μεσοναύτης, a seaman who ranked between the pilot and the rowers, Pomp. ap. Ulp. Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 2.
mesonyctius mĕsŏnyctĭus, a, um, adj., μεσονύκτιος, of midnight: afflatus,Isid. 5, 30, 4. Hence, subst.: † mĕsŏnyctĭum, ii, n., = μεσονύκτιον, midnight (post-class.): CVIVS MESONYCTIVM FACTVM EST V. ID. DEC., i. e. midnight apparition, Inscr. Mur. 333.
Mesopotamia Mĕsŏpŏtămĭa, ae, f., = Μεσοποταμία, a country of Asia, between the Euphrates and Tigris, now called Al-Jezireh, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Isid. 13, 21, 10; Mel. 1, 11, 1; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; Sall. H. 4, 51 Dietsch. Hence, Mĕsŏpŏtămĭus, a, um, adj. (also written Mĕsŏpŏtămēnus), Mesopotamian (post-class.): milites, Val. ap. Vop. Aur. 11: Mesopotameni homines,Sall. H. 4, 53 Dietsch. In plur. subst.: Mĕsŏpŏ-tămēsii, ōrum, m., the Mesopotamians, Spart. Hadr. 21, 12; Schol. Juv. 1, 104.‡ † mesŏpylus, a, um, adj., = μέσοσπύλη, that is at the middle door, Inscr. Grut. 32, 11.
mesosphaerum mĕsosphaerum, i, n., = μεσόσφαιρον, a kind of nard with middle-sized leaves (v. hadrosphaerum and microsphaerum), Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 44.
mespilum mespĭlum, i, n., = μέσπιλον. A medlar, Plin. 15, 20, 22, § 84; Pall. Mart. 10, 19 and 22.A medlar-tree, Pall. Insit. 69.
mespilus mespĭlus, i, or mespĭla, ae, f., = μεσπίλη, a medlar-tree, Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 67; Pall. 3, 25, 32.A medlar, Pall. de Insit. 69 and 105.
Messalla Messalla (less correctly Messāla), ae, m., a Roman surname in the gens Valeria: Corvinus primus Messanam vicit, et pri mus ex familiā Valeriorum, urbis captae in se translato nomine, Messana appellatus est: paulatimque vulgo permutante litteras, Messalla dictus,Sen. Vit. Beat. 13. The most celebrated is the orator M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus, in the time of Cicero and Augustus, Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2; 16, 16, A, 5; Tib. 4, 1, 1; Hor. A. P. 371; Sen. Contr. 2, 12, 8. In plur., Ov. P. 4, 16, 43.
Messapia Messāpĭa (Mesāpĭa), ae, f., the old name of a part of Lower Italy (Apulia and Calabria): Messapia Apulia a Messapo rege appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; cf. Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 99. Hence, Messāpĭus (Mesāp-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Messapia, Messapian, Apulian, Calabrian: arva,Ov. M. 14, 513. In plur., as subst.: Messāpii (Mesāp-), ōrum, m., the Messapians, Liv. 8, 24.
Messapus Messāpus (Mesāp-), i, m., a mythic prince in Messapia, Verg. A. 7, 691; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Messapia, p. 125 Müll.
Messeis Messēis, ĭdis, f., = Μεσσηίς, a fountain in Thessaly, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30. As adj., of or belonging to the fountain Messēis: Messeides undae,Val. Fl. 4, 374.
Messia Messĭa, ae, f.messio, the goddess of reaping, Tert. Spect. 8.
Messia Messĭa Silva, ae, f., a wooded hill on the right bank of the Tiber, south-west of Veii, Liv. 1, 33, 9 Hertz (Weissenb. Maesia), Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 225 Jan. (al. Mesia).
Messias Messīas, ae, m.Heb., the Anointed, Gr. Χριστός, the Messiah, Christ, Vulg. Johan. 4, 25; Lact. 4, 7, and in the eccl. fathers saepiss.
messio messĭo, ōnis, f.2. meto, a reaping: frumenti tria genera sunt messionis,Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 1; Vulg. Job, 29, 19; id. Jer. 51, 33; id. 2 Sam. 21, 9.
the men that sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus
,Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 321. The crops that are to be harvested, the standing crops, the harvest: messium incensores, vel vinearum olivarumve,Paul. Sent. 5, 20, 5: messes suas urere, prov., like vineta sua caedere, i. e. to destroy one's own work (e. g. one's own pupils), Tib. 1, 2, 98: adhuc tua messis in herba est, your wheat is still in the blade, i. e. you are premature in your expectations, Ov. H. 17, 263.The time of harvest, harvest-time: si frigus erit, si messis,Verg. E. 5, 70. Poet. transf. for a year: sexagesima messis,Mart. 4, 79, 1. Trop.: pro benefactis mali messem metere,
to receive evil for good, to reap ingratitude
,Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 53: uberem messem mali,id. Rud. 3, 2, 23: (morum malorum) metere messem maxumam,id. Trin. 1, 1, 11: si attigeris ostium, jam tibi hercle in ore fiet messis mergis pugneis,id. Rud. 3, 4, 58: Sullani temporis messem, the harvest of the time of Sylla, when so many were killed, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46; (in eccl. Lat.) the time for winning souls to the truth: transiit messis, finita est aestas, et nos salvati non sumus,Vulg. Jer. 8, 20. Of the persons to be gathered into the church: messis quidem multa,Vulg. Luc. 10, 2; cf. id. Johan. 4, 35. Of the end of the world: sinite utraque crescere usque ad messem,Vulg. Matt. 13, 30; cf. v. 39.
messuarius messŭārĭus, a, um, adj [messura], for messorius, of or belonging to reapers (post-class.): corbis,Serv. Verg. E. 8, 82.
messura messūra, ae, f.2. meto, a reaping (post-class.), Primas. ap. Gall. c. 6: messuram dicimus, non metitionem,Diom. p. 374 P. (dub.)
messus messus, a, um, Part., v. 2. meto.
Mestria Mestria, ae, f., a Roman surname, Inscr. Fabr. p. 621, 181.
Mestrianus Mestriānus, i, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Malvas. Marm. Felsin. p. 253.
met met, a pronominal suffix attached to substantive and (less freq.) adjective personal pronouns; Engl. self: egomet, mihimet, memet, nosmet, nobismet, tutemet, tibimet, vosmet, meamet; v. ego, tu, and meus.
meta mēta, ae, f.root ma-, measure, whence Gr. μέτρον; Lat. manus, mane, etc. (q. v.), properly, that which marks a measured space, hence, any mark at a boundary or limit, esp., The conical columns set in the ground at each end of the Roman Circus, the goal, turning-post: metaque fervidis Evitata rotis,Hor. C. 1, 1, 5: aut prius infecto deposcit praemia cursu Septima quam metam triverit ante rota,Prop. 3, 20, 25; cf.: et modo lora dabo, modo verbere terga notabo, Nunc stringam metas interiore rotā,Ov. Am. 3, 2, 11; Suet. Caes. 39: petra in metae maxime modum erecta est, cujus ima spatiosiora sunt, altiora in artius coëunt, summa in acutum cacumen exsurgunt,i. e.
in the shape of a cone
,Curt. 8, 39, 6; cf. III. 3. infra). Any goal or winning-post, the mark, goal, in any contest of speed: optatam cursu contingere metam, of a footrace,Hor. A. P. 412: metam tenere, in a boatrace,Verg. A. 5, 159.Trop. (because of the danger to drivers of striking the goal, and breaking their oars), a critical point, place of danger: fama adulescentis paulum haesit ad metas, notitiā novā mulieris,
,Varr. L. L. 8, 16, 31: quando illa (luna) incurrat in umbram terrae, quae est meta noctis, eam obscurari necesse est,
the limit, measure of night
,Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17 (but v. 3. below, fin. and the passage there cited from Pliny): sol ex aequo metā distabat utrāque, equally far from both ends of his course, i. e. at noon, Ov. M. 3, 145: intercalariis mensibus interponendis ita dispensavit (Numa), ut vices uno anno ad metam eandem solis unde orsi essent ... dies congruerent,Liv. 1, 19, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: metae Marsicae, = fines Marsorum,Mart. Cap. 4, § 331 Kapp: pares horarum metas, tam antemeridialium quam postremarum, manifestant,id. 6, § 600.A turning-point in one's course: praestat Trinacrii metas lustrare Pachyni,
to sail around the promontory of Pachynus
,Verg. A. 3, 429. Of any thing resembling in shape the meta of the Circus; any thing of a conical or pyramidal form, a cone, pyramid (class.); of a conical hill: ipse collis est in modum metae, in acutum cacumen a fundo satis lato fastigatus,Liv. 37, 27: buxus in metas emittitur,
a conical stone on a fountain, dripping with water
,Sen. Ep. 56, 4: meta molendaria, or molendinaria, that part of the upper millstone which projects downward and grinds the corn (the upper part is the catillus, q. v.); = Gr. ὄνος ἀλέτης, Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 5: metas molendinarias rotare,Amm. 17, 4, 15: si minor materia quam lux, metae existere effigiem,i. e.
if the solid body be smaller than the light, its shadow will be conical
metabole mĕtăbŏlē, ēs, f., = μεταβολή, the transition to another key or set of tones, Fulg. Myth. 3, 9, p. 128 Muncker: cf. written as Greek,Quint. 9, 4, 50.
Metabus Mĕtăbus, i, m.A king of the Volsci, father of Camilla, Verg. A. 11, 540; Hyg. Fab. 252.A son of Sisyphus, the founder of Metapontum, Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 540.
metacismus mĕtăcismus, i, m.for mytacismus, = μυτακισμός, from μῦ, a frequent repetition of the letter M, Mart. Cap. 5, § 514; also the pronunciation of M at the close of a word before a word beginning with a vowel, metacism, Diom. p. 448 P.
Metagogeus Mĕtăgōge[dibreve]ŭsĕi, m., = μεταγωγεύς, he who leads around; Lat. circumductor, one of the aeons of Valentinian, Tert. adv. Valent. 10.
Metagon Mĕtăgon, ontis, m., = Μετάγων, the name of a dog, Grat. Cyn. 209.
Metalces Metalces, ae, m., = Μεταλκής, one of the fifty sons of Ægyptus, slain by his wife Cleopatra, Hyg. Fab. 170.
metalepsis metălepsis, is, f., = μετάληψις, in rhetoric, the use of one word for another which it suggests by association, as, the cause for the effect, or the reverse; especially when a second substitution is made, as when aristae is said for messis, and then for aestas or annus: est haec in metalepsi natura, ut inter id, quod transfertur, sit medius quidam gradus, nihil ipse significans, sed praebens transitum,Quint. 8, 6, 38: in metalepsin cadit,id. 6, 3, 52.
metalis mētālis, e, adj.meta, III. 3, conical (post-class.): forma, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. tutulum, p. 335 Müll. Hence, adv.: mētālĭ-ter, conically (post-class.): majus corpus ejus quo umbra metaliter jacitur, quam umbra ipsa,Mart. Cap. 8, § 859; id. 8, § 870.
metallarius mĕtallārĭus, ii, m., and mĕtallā-rĭa, ae, f.metallum, a man or a woman that works in a mine, a miner (post-class.), Cod. Just. 11, 6, 7.
metallicus mĕtallĭcus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to metal, metallic (post-Aug.). Adj.: molybdaena metallica,Plin. 34, 18, 53, § 173: natura,id. 27, 4, 5, § 15.Subst.: mĕtallĭcus, i, m.A digger of metals, a mine-digger, miner: lavant eas arenas metallici,Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157; Cod. Just. 11, 6, 7.A person condemned to the mines, Dig. 48, 19, 10.A worker in stone, Cassiod. Var. 7, 15.
metallifer mĕtallĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj.metallum-fero, yielding or abounding in metal, metalliferous (poet.): terra,Sil. 15, 500: Luna,Stat. S. 4, 4, 23.
Metallinensis Metallinensis, e, or Metellinen-sis, e, adj.Metallinum, of or belonging to the town of Metallinum (in Lusitania), Metallinian: colonia,Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 117.
metallum mĕtallum, i, n., = μέταλλον, a mine or quarry, of gold, silver, iron, or stone; voc. metalle, as if from metallus, Spart. Pesc. Nig. 126. Lit., the place where metals are dug, a mine: metalla vetera intermissa recoluit, et nova multis locis instituit,Liv. 39, 24: sandaracae,Vitr. 7, 7, 5: aurifera,
,id. 4, 304: miniarium,Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118: praeter annuum, quod ex metallis regiis capia, vectigal,Liv. 42, 12: herba tantae suavitatis, ut metallum esse coeperit, a mine, i. e. that a tax was raised from it as from a mine, Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 44: damnare in metallum, to condemn to labor in the mines or quarries: damnatus in metallum,Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8: condemnare aliquem ad metalla,Suet. Calig. 27: mediocrium delictorum poenae sunt metallum, ludus, deportatio,Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 3, 5: dare aliquem in metallum,Dig. 48, 19, 8: metallo plecti,ib. 47, 11, 7: puniri,ib. 48, 13, 6.Transf., the product of a mine or quarry. A metal, as gold, silver, or iron: ubicumque una inventa vena argenti est, non procul invenitur alia. Hoc quidem et in omni fere materia: unde metalla Graeci videntur dixisse,Plin. 33. 6, 31, § 96: auri,Verg. A. 8, 445: potior metallis libertas,i. e.
gold and silver
,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39: aeris,Verg. G. 2, 165: pejoraque saecula ferri temporibus, quorum ... nomen a nullo posuit natura metallo,Juv. 13, 30. Other things dug from the earth. Marble, Stat. S. 4, 3, 98.Precious stone: radiantium metalla gemmarum,Pacat. Pan. 4.Chalk: admiscetur creta ... Campani negant alicam confici sine eo metallo posse,Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 114.Sulphur: utque est ingenium vivacis metalli (sulphuris),App. M. 9. p. 228, 23. (ε) Salt: metallum fragile,Prud. Hamart. 744.Trop., metal, stuff, material: saecula meliore metallo,Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 184: mores meliore metallo,id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 137.
metamelos mĕtămĕlos, i, m., = μετάμελος, repentance (ante-class.): metamelos, filius inconstantiae, Varr. ap. Non. 79, 23 (Büch. § 239).
metamorphosis mĕtămorphōsis, is, f., = μεταμόρφωσις, a transformation, metamorphosis; in plur.: Mĕtămorphōses, -ĕōn, the Metamorphoses, a well-known poem of Ovid; in Gr. acc. plur. Metamorphoseis, Tert. adv. Val. 12: censeo eam rem ad metamorphosis Ovidi adiciendam,Sen. Apocol. 9, 5; in Gr. dat. plur.: ut Ovidius lascivire in Metamorphosesi solet,Quint. 4, 1, 77.
metaphora mĕtaphŏra, ae, f., = μεταφορά, a rhetorical figure, metaphor, a transferring of a word from its proper signification to another (called by Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155, verbi translatio; post-Aug.),Quint. 8, 6, 18; (as Greek),id. 8, 6, 4 sqq.; Schol. Juv. 1, 169.
metaphorice mĕtaphŏrĭcē, adv.metaphora, metaphorically, figuratively (post-class.), Acron. ad Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 1. Also mĕtaphŏrĭ-cōs, μεταφορικῶς, Acron. ad Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 29 sq.; Schol. Juv. 7, 103.
Metapinus Mĕtăpīnus, a, umetym. dub., Metapinic, an epithet of the second or middle of the three principal mouths of the Rhone: cujus ora appellata ... alterum Metapinum,Mart. Cap. 6, § 635; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32.
metaplasmus mĕtaplasmus, i, m., = μεταπλασμός, a grammatical change, irregularity, metaplasm, e. g. in declension (post-Aug.): metaplasmus enim, et schematismos et schemata vocamus,Quint. 1, 8, 14; Mart. Cap. 3, § 326.
metaplasticos mĕtaplastĭcōs, adv., = μεταπλαστικῶς, metaplastically, by the use of metaplasm: metaplasticos dicitur apud poëtas usurpari id quod propter necessitatem metri mutare consueverunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 153 Müll.
Metapontinus Mĕtăpontīnus, a, um, v. Metapontum.
Metapontum Mĕtăpontum, i, n., a town of Lucania, where Pythagoras lived and died, now Torre a Mare, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4; Liv. 1, 18, 8; Mela, 2, 4, 3; Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97. Hence, Mĕtăpontīnus, a, um, adj., Metapontine: ager,Liv. 24, 20. In plur.: Mĕtă-pontīni, ōrum, m., the Metapontines, Liv. 22, 61.
metarius mētārĭus, a, um, adj.meta, of or belonging to limits or boundaries (post-class.): metaria circumscriptio,
a limiting by boundaries
,Arn. 2, 70.
metastasis mĕtastăsis, is, f., = μετάστασις, a rhet. figure. A refusing, Agn. Roman. de Fig. 16, p. 155. = metabasis, a passing over, transition, Julian. Rufin. de Schem. 23, p. 243.
metathesis mĕtăthĕsis, is, f., = μετάθεσις, a transposition of the letters of a word, Diom. 2, p. 437 P.
metatio mētātĭo, ōnis, f.metor, a measuring or meting out, a marking off a place (postAug.): vinearum,Col. 7, 15, 1.
metator mētātor, ōris, m.id., one who metes out or marks off a place, a divider and fixer of boundaries (class.). Lit.: castrorum antea metator, nunc, ut sperat, urbis,Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 12; cf. id. ib. 14, 4, 10: templi,Lact. 4, 11.Trop., a measurer: tempus arbiter et metator initii et finis,Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 8.
metatorius mētātōrĭus, a, um, adj.metator, of or pertaining to measuring out, transf. (post-class.): pagina,
a letter relative to the providing of quarters
,Sid. Ep. 8, 11.
metatura mētātūra, ae, f.metor, a measuring out, marking off a place (eccl. Lat.), Lact. 4, 11, 13.
Metaurensis Mĕtaurensis, e, adj.Metaurus, of or belonging to the river Metaurus, in Umbria: AGER, Inscr. Oliv. Marm. Pisaur. n. 30. Subst.: Mĕtaurenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of that region, Metaurians, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.
Metaurus Mĕtaurus, i, m., = Μέταυρος, the name of several rivers. A river in Umbria, celebrated for the defeat of Hasdrubal, the brother of Hannibal, now Meturo, Liv. 27, 43 sq.; Sil. 8, 486. Hence, Mĕtau-rus, a, um, adj., of Metaurus: Metaurum flumen,Hor. C. 4, 4, 38.A river in the Bruttian territory, now Marro, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 73.
metaxa mĕtaxa or mătaxa, ae, f., = μέταξα and μάταξα, raw silk, the web of silkworms. Lit., Dig. 39, 4, 16; Cod. Just. 11, 7, 10.Transf., a rope: lini metaxa, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. rodus, p. 265 Müll.; Vitr. 7, 3.
metella mĕtella, ae, f. (prob. adj., sc. machina), a basket filled with stones, which the besieged threw down on the heads of the besiegers (post-class.): ut de ligno crates facerent, quas metellas vocaverunt, lapidibusque complerent, etc. (al. metilas, medullas, metulas),Veg. Mil. 4, 6.
Metellinus Mĕtellīnus, a, um, adj.Metellus, of or belonging to a Metellus, Metelline: oratlo Metellina,i. e.
Metellus Mĕtellus, aetym. dub.; metellus = μισθιος, hired, i. e. a hired servant, Gloss. Philox.: metelli dicuntur in re militari quasi mercenarii, Attius in Annalibus: calones famulique metellique caculaeque; a quo genere hominum Caeciliae familiae cognomen putatur ductum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 146 and 147 Müll., the name of a Roman family in the gens Caecilia; its most famous members were: Q. Metellus Macedonicus, who made Macedonia a Roman province, and was renowned for his good-fortune, Vell. 1, 11, 1; Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; id. ib. 1, 36, 86, etc. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, who defeated Jugurtha in Numidia, Sall. J. 43 sqq.; Cic. Brut. 35, 135. L. Caecilius Metellus, who saved the palladium from the burning temple of Vesta, B. C. 241, Liv. Epit. 19; Flor. 2, 2, 27; Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1; Juv. 6, 265; cf. id. 3, 137 sq. C. Caecilius Metellus Celer, Cicero's contemporary, and husband of Coelia, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5, etc. Qu. Caecilius Metellus Pius (Scipio), son of Scipio Nasica, and Pompey's fatherin-law, Vell. 2, 15, 5. Caecilia Metella, wife of P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, divorced A. U. C. 709, Hor. S. 2, 3, 239; Cic. Att. 11, 23, 3; 13, 7, 1. Caecilia Metella, wife of M. Aemilius Scaurus, Cic. Sest. 47, 101.
metempsychosis mĕtempsȳchōsis, is, f., = μετεμψύχωσις, the transit of the soul, its transmigration from one body to another, a doctrine of the Pythagoreans, Porphyr. ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 52.
metensomatosis mĕtensōmătōsis, is, f., = μετενσωμάτωσις, a removing from one body into another, a change of body (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Anim. 31 and 32.
meteoria mĕtĕōrĭa, ae, f., = μετεωρία, forgetfulness, M. Aurel. ap. Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 7 (as Greek, Suet. Vit. Claud.).
Meterea Mĕtĕrēa turba, a people dwelling about the Danube and the Black Sea, Ov. Tr. 2, 191.
Methion Mēthīon, ŏnis, m., the father of Phorbas, Ov. M. 5, 74.
methodice mĕthŏdĭcē, ēs, f., = μεθοδική, the methodical part of grammar (post-Aug.): grammaticae partes duae, id est ratio loquendi, et enarratio auctorum: quarum illam methodicen, hanc historicen vocant,Quint. 1, 9, 1.
methodicus mĕthŏdĭcus, a, um, adj., = μεθοδικός, methodical, belonging to a particular school (post-Aug.): medicina,Tert. Anim. 6: disciplina,Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 1, 6: medici, Cels. praef. § 13.
methodium mĕthŏdĭum, ii, n., = μεθόδιον, 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.
methodus mĕthŏdus and mĕthŏdos, i, f., = μέθοδος, a way of teaching, mode of proceeding, method (post-class.), Vitr. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 11, 67; Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 49 (as Greek, Cels. praef. § 91); cf. methodicus.
Methymna Mēthymna, ae, f., = Μήθυμνα, a city in the island of Lesbos, famous as the birthplace of the poet Arion, and for its excellent wine, now Molivo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Liv. 45, 31, 14: quot habet Methymna racemos,Ov. A. A. 1, 57. Hence. Mēthymnaeus, a, um, adj., = Μηθυμναῖος, of or belonging to Methymna, Methymnean: Lesbos,Ov. M. 11, 55: Arion,
Metia Metĭa Porta, a false read. in Plaut.; cf. Ritschl ad Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 97.
meticulosus mĕtĭcŭlōsus, a, um, adj.metus, full of fear. Fearful, timid (ante- and postclass.): nullus est hoc meticulosus aeque,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 137; Dig. 4, 2, 7: lepus,App. Flor. p. 341, 9.Frightful, terrible: res,Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 52.
Metilius Metilius, a, a Roman family name: M. Metilius,Liv. 5, 11. Hence, Meti-lius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Metilius: Metilia lex,Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197.
Metina Metina, ae, f., an island near the coast of Gaul, opposite the mouth of the Rhone, Mart. Cap. 6, § 643.
metior mētĭor, mensus (post-class. metītus, Dig. 32, 1, 52), 4, v. dep.Sanscr. ma, to measure; cf. Gr. μέ‐τρον, Lat. modus, to measure, mete (lands, corn); also, to measure or mete out, to deal out, distribute by measure (class.). Lit.: metiri agrum,Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 2: frumentum,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 192: sol, quem metiri non possunt,id. Ac. 2, 41, 128: magnitudinem mundi,id. Off. 1, 43, 154: nummos, to measure one's money, i. e. to have a great abundance of it, Hor. S. 1, 1, 95: nummos modio,Petr. S. 37: se ad candelabrum,id. ib. 75: pedes syllabis,
to measure by syllables
,Cic. Or. 57, 194: frumentum militibus metiri,Caes. B. G. 1, 16: cum exercitu frumentum metiri oporteret,id. ib. 1, 23; 7, 71: Caecubum,Hor. Epod. 9, 36: quis mensus est pugillo aquas?Vulg. Isa. 40, 12: tantus acervus fuit, ut metientibus dimidium super tres modios explesse, sint quidam auctores,Liv. 23, 12.Poet. transf., to measure a distance, i. e. to pass, walk, or sail through or over, to traverse: Sacram metiente te viam (of the measured pace of a proud person),Hor. Epod. 4, 7: aequor curru,
,Cat. 34, 17: instabili gressu metitur litora cornix,Luc. 5, 556. Also absol.: quin hic metimur gradibus militariis,
to walk
,Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11.Trop., to measure, estimate, judge one thing by another; also simply to measure, estimate, judge of, set a value on a thing. With abl. of the standard of comparison, or the means of judgment: sonantia metiri auribus,Cic. Or. 68, 227: oculo latus,Hor. S. 1, 2, 103: omnia quaestu,
by profit
,Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111: qui nihil alterius causa faciet et metietur suis commodis omnia,id. Leg. 1, 14, 41: vides igitur, si amicitiam sua caritate metiare, nihil esse praestantius,id. Fin. 2, 26, 85: vim eloquentiae sua facultate non rei natura,id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 10: omnia voluptate,id. Fam. 7, 12, 2: studia utilitate,Quint. 12, 11, 29: magnos homines virtute, non fortuna,Nep. Eum. 1: usum pecuniae non magnitudine, sed ratione,Cic. Att. 14: officia utilitate,Lact. 6, 11, 12: odium in se aliorum suo in eos metiens odio,Liv. 3, 54: pericula suo metu,Sall. C. 31, 2: peccata vitiis,Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: aetatem nostram non spatio senectutis, sed tempore adulescentiae,Quint. 12, 11, 13. With ex (very rare): fidelitas, quam ego ex mea conscientiā metior,Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2: ex eo, quantum cuique satis est, metiuntur homines divitiarum modum, id. Par. 6, 1, 14. With ad: nec se metitur ad illum quem dedit haec (paupertas) posuitque modum,i. e.
accommodates herself
,Juv. 6, 358.Absol. (post-Aug.): metiri ac diligenter aestimare vires suas,Quint. 6, 1, 45: pondera sua,Mart. 12, 100, 8: sua regna,Luc. 8, 527. (ε) With quod: quanto metiris pretio, quod, etc.,Juv. 9, 72.To traverse. go over, pass through: late Aequora prospectu metior alta meo,Ov. H. 10, 28: tot casus, tot avia,Val. Fl. 5, 476: jamque duas lucis partes Hyperione menso,Ov. M. 8, 564.To measure out, deal to any one, treat one well or ill: mensurā quā mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis,Vulg. Luc. 6, 38; cf. id. Matt. 7, 2.!*? In pass. signif., to be measured: agri glebatim metiebantur,Lact. Mort. Persec. 23, 2: an sol pedis unius latitudine metiatur,Arn. 2, 86. Part. perf.: mensus, a, um, measured off: mensa spatia conficere,Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69. As subst.: bene mensum dabo,
Metiosedum Mĕtĭōsēdum, i, n., a city in Gaul, now Meudon, Caes. B. G. 7, 61.
Metiscus Metiscus, i, m., a charioteer of Turnus, Verg. A. 12, 469.
metitio mētītĭo, ōnis, f.metior, = mensura, but not in use; v. Diom. 374 P.
metitor mētītor, ōris, m.metior, a measurer (post-Aug.), Front. Aquaed. 79.
metitus mētītus, a, um, v. metior init.
Metius Metĭus or Mettĭus (also Mettus), i, m., an Italian proper name. Metius (Mettius) Curtius, a Sabine chief, Liv. 1, 12 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 149 Müll. Metius Fufetius (acc. to others, Mettus Fufetius), an Alban general, who was put to death by the command of Tullus Hostilius, Liv. 1, 23 sq.; Verg. A. 8, 642; Flor. 1, 3, 8. In gen. sing.: Mettoi Fubettoi, Enn. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 12 (Ann. v. 129 Vahl.; Halm, Mettoeo Fufettioeo). M. Metius, a friend of Ariovistus, Caes. B. G. 1, 47; 1, 53fin.
meto mēto (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.
meto mĕto, messŭi (Cato ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 319), messum, 3, v. a. and n.root ma-; Gr. ἀμάω, mow, reap; ἄμη, sickle; cf. messis, messor, to reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.). Lit.: cum est matura seges, metendum,Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 3: sunt autem metendi genera complura,Col. 2, 21, 2: in metendo occupatos,Caes. B. G. 4, 32: pabula falce,
,Ov. Am. 3, 10, 40: ille metit barbam,Juv. 3, 186. In partic., in battle, to mow down, cut down: proxima quaeque metit gladio,Verg. A. 10, 513: primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum,Hor. C. 4, 14, 31 tum Vesulum ense metit rapido, Sil. 10, 147: agmina plura metam,Val. Fl. 3, 670. So of death: metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges (transl. of the Greek of Euripid.: ἀναγκαίως δ’ ἔχει βίον θερίζειν), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.To inhabit a region (poet.): qui Batulum Nucrasque metunt,Sil. 8, 566 (cf. a like poetic transfer of the verbs colere, arare, serere, and bibere).
Meto Mĕto, ōnis, v Meton.
metoche mĕtŏchē, ēs, f., = μετοχή, a participle (late Lat.), Aus. Epigr. 6, 7.
metodium mĕtŏdĭum, v. methodium.
metoecus mĕtoecus, i, m., = μέτοικος, a stranger, sojourner, denizen, resident alien dwelling in a city without the rights of citizenship (post-class.), Eum. Pan. Flavens. Nom. Dict. 4 fin.: ager militi metoeco (al. modico) est assignatus,Front. de Colon. p. 134 Goes. (written mĕtycus, Gromat. Vet. 234, 19; 238, 7 Lachm.).
Meton Mĕton or Mĕto, ōnis, m., = Μέτων, a celebrated Athenian astronomer, who discovered the cycle of nineteen years, at the end of which the new and full moons again fall on the same days, Avien. Prognost. 48; Aus. Epis. 2, 12. Hence Cicero says, jestingly, of a debtor named Meton, who promised to pay in a year's time: quando iste Metonis annus veniet?Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 12, 51, 3.
metonymia mĕtōnymĭa, ae, f., = μετωνυμία, a figure by which one name is changed for another, a change of names, metonymy (pure Lat. denominatio), Paul. ex Fest. p. 153 Müll.; Charis. p. 244 P. al.
metonymicos mĕtōnymĭcōs, adv., = μετωνυμικῶς, metonymically, by metonymy, Porphyr. ad Hor. Epod. 13, 16; id. ad Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 9 sqq. al.
metopa mĕtŏpa, ae, f., = μετόπη, the space between two hollows; in architecture, the space between two dentils or two triglyphs, a metope (only in Vitr.): inter denticulos et inter triglyphos quae sunt intervalla, metopae nominantur, etc.,Vitr. 4, 2, 4.
metopion mĕtōpĭon or -um, ii, n. (also mĕ-tops, ōpis, Sol. 40), = μετώπιον. The gum of an African tree, also called ammoniacum, Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107; Sol. 27, 47. Oil of bitter almonds, almond-oil, Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 26 (Jahn, neopum).An ointment made with galbanum, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8.
metoposcopus mĕtōposcŏpus or -os, i, m., = μετωποσκόπος, a forehead inspector, one who tells fortunes by examining the forehead, a metoposcopist (post-Aug.), Suet. Tit. 2; cf. Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88.
metops mĕtops, ŏpis, for metopion, v. h. v.
metor mētor, ātus, 1, v. dep.meta, to measure, mete; to measure off, mark out (not in Cic.). In gen.: stadium Hercules pedibus suis metatus est,Gell. 1, 1, 2: caelum,Ov. F. 1, 309: Indiam,Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 57. Poet., to traverse, pass through: nunc nemoris alti densa metatur loca,Sen. Hippol. 505: agros,Sil. 6, 58. In partic. Act., to measure out, mark, or lay out: castra metati signa statuunt, Cael. ap. Non. 137, 18: castra, * Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3: cum ortu solis castra metabatur,
measured out the ground for a camp, encamped, pitched his camp
metreta mĕtrēta, ae, f., = μετρητής, an Athenian measure for liquids, containing 12 congii (χόες) and 144 κοτύλαι (3/4 of the Attic medimnus, about 9 gallons English): picis liquidae metreta,Col. 12, 22, 1: se vendidisse navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret,Plaut. Merc. prol. 75.Transf., a tun, cask, jar: oleum si in metretam novam inditurus eris,Cato, R. R. 100: Hispanae,Mart. 5, 16, 7: olivariae,Col. 12, 47: hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam,Juv. 3, 246.
metricus mē^trĭcus, a, um, adj., = μετρικός, of or relating to measuring or measure (postAug.). In gen.: leges metricae,Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219. In partic., of or relating to metre, metrical: metrici pedes,Quint. 9, 4, 52; 48.Subst.: mē^trĭcus,i, m., a prosodian (post-class.), Gell. 18, 15, 1.
metrocomia mētrŏcōmĭa, ae, f., = μητροκωμία, a village from which other villages have derived their inhabitants, a mother-village (post-class.), Cod. Th. 11, 24, 6; Cod. Just. 8, 10, 19.
Metrodorus Mētrŏdōrus, i, m., = Μητρόδωρος. Metrodorus Lampsacenus or Atheniensis, an Epicurean, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 8; 2, 6, 17; 5, 9, 27. M. Scepsius (from Scepsis, a city of Mysia), a rhetorical and Academic philosopher, famous for his memory, Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 360; 3, 20, 75; Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34. M. Stratonicēus (from Stratonice, a city of Caria), a pupil of Carneades, and an excellent orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16. Metrodorus Chius, a pupil of Democritus and teacher of Anaxarchus and of the fourth Hippocrates (about B. C. 330), Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73.A freedman of Cicero, Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 2; id. Fam. 16, 20, 1.
metropolis mētrŏpŏlis, is, f., = μητρόπολις, a city from which other cities have been colonized, a mother-city; also, the chief city, metropolis of a province (post-class.). Lit., Cod. Just. 11, 21; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 11.Trop.: metropolis et arx mentis,Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 8.
metropolita mētrŏ-pŏlīta, ae, m., = μητροπολίτης, a bishop in a chief city, a metropolitan (post-class.): metropolita sacer, Ven. Carm. 3, 6, 20.
Metropolitae Mētrŏpŏlītae, ārum, v. 2. Metropolis.
metropolitanus mētrŏpŏlītānus, a, um, adj.1. metropolis, of or belonging to a metropolis, metropolitan (post-class.): nomen,Cod. Just. 11, 21, 1. Esp. subst.: Mētrŏ-pŏlītānus, i, m., a metropolitan, the bishop of a metropolitan church, Sid. Ep. 7, 9.
Metropolitanus Mētrŏpŏlītānus, a, um, adj.2. Metropolis, of or belonging to the city of Metropolis: campus,Liv. 38, 15.
metrum mē^trum, i, n., = μέτρον, a measure; in partic., a poetical measure, metre; a verse (post-Aug.): rhythmi, id est numeri, spatio temporum constant: metra etiam ordine: ideoque alterum esse quantitatis videtur, alterum qualitatis,Quint. 9, 4, 46: metri necessitate cogi,id. 8, 6, 17; 1, 6, 2: metri causā,Gell. 4, 17, 9: Tibulli,i. e.
Mettus Mettus (Mettĭus), i, m., a Sabine prænomen, prob. the title of a magistracy among the Albans (cf. medix, meddix), e. g. Mettus Curtius, Liv. 1, 12; 1, 23 sqq.; v. Metius.
metuens mĕtŭens, Part. and P. a., v. metuo fin.
metula mētŭla, ae, f.dim.meta, a small pyramid, obelisk (post-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 35.
metuo mĕtŭo, ŭi, ūtum (cf.: nimis ante metutum,Lucr. 5, 1140), 3, v. a. and n.metus, to fear, be afraid of a person or thing; to hesitate, not to venture, not to wish (syn.: vereor, formido, timeo); with inf., with ne, to fear lest; with ui or ne non, to fear that not; also of inanimate things, with acc., to fear, revere, reverence one; as a v. n., to fear, be afraid, be in fear, be apprehensive, esp. as the effect of the idea of threatening evil (whereas timere usually denotes the effect of some external cause of terror); to dread, apprehend; with an indirect interrogation: non metuo quin, for non dubito quin, I doubt not but; to be anxious about any one; with dat. (class.). Act.: quem metuont oderunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403 Vahl.): deos et amo et metuo,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 73: male ego metuo milvos,id. ib. 5, 5, 13: metuebant (senem) servi, verebantur liberi,Cic. Sen. 11, 37: tu, qui crimen ais te metuisse,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 78: nec pol istae metuunt Deos, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 6: absentem patrem,id. Phorm. 1, 2, 68: nec metuit quemquam,id. Ad. 1, 2, 5. With ab: quid a nobis metuit?Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 12: a me insidias,Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2: supplicia a vobis metuere debent,
to fear from you
,id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: a quo (Ajace) sibi non injuriā summum periculum metuebat,Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29: a quo domino sibi metuebat graves cruciatus,Aug. Lib. Arbitr. 1, 4, 9; Gregor. M. Homil. 1, 14, 2; Aug. cont. Acad. 2, 8. With ex: si periculum ex illis metuit,Sall. C. 52, 16. With de: de lanificio neminem metuo, una aetate quae sit,i. e.
,Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 8: metuo quid agam. Sy. Metuis? quasi non ea potestas sit tua, etc., id. ib. 4, 3, 42: metuo qualem tu me esse hominem existumes,id. Eun. 4, 6, 20. (θ) Pass. with dat.: jam maturis metuendus Juppiter uvis,Verg. G. 2, 419. (ι) Absol.: se e contempto metuendum fecit,Sall. H. 1, 48, 3. (Eccl. Lat.) Of religious fear, to revere, dread, hold in reverence: Deum,Vulg. Lev. 25, 43: Dominum Deum nostrum,id. Jer. 5, 24: sanctuarium meum,id. Lev. 19, 30.Neutr., to fear, be afraid, be apprehensive, etc. With de: neque tam de suā vitā, quam de me metuit,
,Liv. 23, 36. With pro: metuere pro aliquo,Petr. 123. With dat., to be anxious about or for a person or thing: metuens pueris,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60: inopi metuens formica senectae,Verg. G. 1, 186: tum decuit metuisse tuis,id. A. 10, 94. Hence, mĕtŭens, entis, P. a., fearing, afraid of any thing; anxious for any person or thing; with gen. or absol. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): contentus parvo metuensque futuri,Hor. S. 2, 2, 110: metuens virgae,Juv. 7, 210. Comp.: quo non metuentius ullum Numinis ingenium,Ov. F. 6, 259: Nero metuentior in posterum,Tac. A. 13, 25.
metus mĕtus, ūs, m. (fem.: nulla in me est metus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: metus ulla, id. ap. Non. 214, 11; cf. Ann. v. 537, and Trag. v. 179 Vahl.; dat. metu, Tac. A. 11, 32; 15, 69), fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety; constr. with gen. object., with ne, with acc. and inf.Lit.: est metus futurae aegritudinis sollicita exspectatio,Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 52; cf. id. ib. 4, 30, 64: metum excitari vel propriis vel communibus periculis,Mart. Cap. 5, § 505: in metu esse,
,Verg. A. 1, 463: civitati metum, formidinem oblivionem inicere, Ser. Samm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 9, 7: metu et impressione alicujus terroris mentiri,Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 4: metu mortis furem occidere, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 3, 3: quis metus aut pudor est umquam properantis avari?Juv. 14, 178: reddere metu, non moribus,id. 13, 204. Poet. in plur., Hor. C. 1, 26, 1. With gen. object.: vulnerum metus,Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 59: ne reliquos populares metus invaderet parendi sibi,Sall. J. 35, 9: id bellum excitabat metus Pompei victoris Hiempsalem in regnum restituentis,Sall. H. 1, 39; v. Gell. 9, 2, 14; Non. p. 96: propter metum alicujus, for fear of: Judaeorum,Vulg. Johan. 7, 13; 19, 38. With ne: quod ubi Romam est nuntiatum, senatui metum injecit, ne, etc.,Liv. 5, 7, 4: ne lassescat fortuna, metus est,Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 130. With acc. and inf.: quantus metus est mihi, venire huc salvum nunc patruum!Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 18. (ε) With ab: metus a praetore Romano,Liv. 2, 24, 3; 23, 15, 7; 25, 33, 5; cf.: metus poenae a Romanis,id. 32, 23, 9; 45, 26, 7. (ζ) With pro: metus pro universā republicā,Liv. 2, 24, 4. (η) With ex: metus ex imperatore,Tac. A. 11, 20.Poet., religious awe, holy dread: laurus Sacra comam multosque metu servata per annos,Verg. A. 7, 60. Poetic awe: evoe! recenti mens trepidat metu,Hor. C. 2, 19, 5.Transf. Conor., a cause of fear, a terror (poet.): metus Libyci,i. e.
,Juv. 4, 140: meus sum, I am myself, in my right senses: pavidum gelidumque trementi Corpore, vixque meum firmat deus,Ov. M. 3, 689: quod quidem ego facerem, nisi plane esse vellem meus,
,Juv. 12, 121. With apposite gen.: cui nomen meum absentis honori fuisset,Cic. Planc. 10, 26: quod meum factum dictumve consulis gravius quam tribuni audistis?Liv. 7, 40, 9. ut mea defunctae molliter ossa cubent, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 108. Absol.: mĕi, ōrum, m., my friends or relatives, my adherents, my followers: ego meorum solus sum meus,Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21: flamma extrema meorum,Verg. A. 2, 431: meus homo, or simply meus, i. e. this silly fellow of mine: homo meus se in pulpito Totum prosternit,Phaedr. 5, 7, 32: at legatus meus ad emendum modo proficiscitur, Auct. Decl. Quint. 12, 18: stupor,
this blockhead of mine
,Cat. 17, 21: mea and mea tu, my love, my darling: mea Pythias,Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 14: mea tu,id. Ad. 3, 1, 2: o mea,Ov. M. 14, 761. Voc.: mi, my dear! my beloved! o mi Aeschine, o mi germane! Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 4. With the fem.: mi soror,App. M. 5, p. 166, 3; 4, p. 155, 6; 8, p. 205, 2: mi domina,Hier. Ep. 22, 1: mi catella,id. ib. 2: mi virgo,id. ib. 17. In plur.: mi homines, mi spectatores,
dear people, good spectators
,Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8. Neutr. absol.: mĕum, i, n., mine: quod subrupuisti meum, my property, i. e. my daughter, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 29; cf. meam,id. ib. v. 14; 26: meum est, it is my affair, my concern, my duty, my custom: non est mentiri meum,Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38: puto esse meum, quid sentiam, exponere,Cic. Fam. 6, 5.Plur.: fundite quae mea sunt, cuncta,Juv. 12, 37.
Mevia Mēvĭa, ae, f., a woman fond of masculine sports, Juv. 1, 22.
Mezentius Mezentĭus (not Mezzent-, Mesdent-, Messent-, Mēdient-, or Mēdent-; cf. Rib. in Rhein. Mus. 1857, vol. 12, p. 418 sq.), i, m., a male proper name [of Oscan origin], a tyrant of Cære or Agylla, Liv. 1, 2; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. oscillum, p. 194 Müll.: contemptor divom Mezentius,Verg. A. 7, 648 sq.; cf. Macr. S. 3, 5; and Serv Verg. A. 1, 267; 7, 760; 9, 745.