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memoria, -ae, [memor], f., memory, recollection, remembrance; record.

memorō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [memor], mention, make mention of, recount, relate, say, tell, call to mind, remind. mēns, mentis, [MEN, mind], f., mind, feeling, sentiment ; change of mind.

mentior, -īrī, -ītus sum, [MEN, mind], lie; fabricate. mercēs, -ēdis, f., wages, reward, remuneration, prize.

mercor, -ārī, -ātus sum, [merx, merchandise], deal in, buy. merito, [abl. of meritum, ser

vice], adv., deservedly, justly. -met, enclitic suffix with intensive force added to pro

nouns.

Metellus, -i, m., name of a plebeian family in the Caecilian gens:

(1) Q. Caecilius Metellus, sur

named Creticus for conquering Crete in B.C. 67, being refused a triumph, remained outside of Rome until the Catilinarian conspiracy broke out in B.C. 63, when he was sent to Apulia by order of the Senate.

(2) Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer, praetor in B.C. 63, was sent into Picenum, where he raised three legions, and successfully blocked Catiline's attempt to march into Gaul. mētior, -īrī, mēnsus sum, [MA, measure], measure, estimate. metuō, -ere, -uī, -, [metus], fear, dread, apprehend. metus, -ūs, m., fear, dread, ap

prehension, anxiety, alarm, | miserābilis, -e, [miseror], adj.,

terror.

meus, -a, -um, [мA, me], poss. pron. adj., my, mine, my own, of mine.

mīles, -itis, [MIL, associate], m., soldier, common soldier, private; soldiery, army. militāris, -e, [miles], adj., of a soldier, of war, military, warlike, soldierly; rēs mīlitāris, art of war; homō militāris, experienced soldier. militia, -ae, [mīles], f., military

service; locat., militiae, in the army, in the field, abroad. mīlle, indecl. adj. in ŝing., in pl., noun, mīlia, -ium, [MIL, associate], n., a thousand.

pitiable, deplorable.

misereor, -ērī, -itus sum, [miser], with gen., pity, take compassion on.

miseria, -ae, [miser], f., wretchedness, misery, woe, trouble, distress.

misericordia, -ae, [misericors], f., pity, compassion, mercy. misericors, -cordis, [miser+cor, heart], adj., merciful, compassionate.

miseror, -ārī, -ātus sum, [miser],

lament, mourn over, bewail, deplore.

Mithridaticus, -a, -um, [Mithridātēs], adj., of Mithridates, Mithridatic.

minae, -ārum, [MIN, project], f. mittō, -ere, mīsī, missus, [MIT,

pl., threats, menaces.

minitor, -ārī, -ātus sum, [freq.

from minor], with dat.,threaten. minor, -ārī, -ātus sum, [minae], threaten.

minor, see parvus.

minumē or minimē, see parum. minumus or minimus, see par

vus.

minuō, -ere, -ui, -ūtus, [MIN, less],

lessen, diminish, abate. minus, see parum.

mīror, -ārī, -ātus sum, [mīrus], admire; wonder, marvel, be surprised.

mīrus, -a, um, [MIR, wonder],

adj., wonderful, surprising; neque mirum, and no wonder. misceō, -ēre, -uī, mixtus, [MIC, mix], throw into confusion, confuse, disturb, upturn. miser, -era, -erum, [MIS, wretched], adj., wretched, unfortunate, miserable, pitiable, distressed.

send], send, despatch.

mixtus, -a, -um, [part. of misceo], adj., mixed, heteroge

neous.

mobilitās, -ātis, [mōbilis, movable], f., fickleness, sudden impulse.

moderātus, -a, -um, [part. of

moderor], adj., self-controlled; nihil moderātī habēre, exercise no self-control whatever. moderor, -ārī, -ātus sum, [mo

dus], with dat., set bounds, control, restrain. modestia, -ae, [modestus], f., moderation, self-restraint, self-control; honor, dignity, character.

modestus, -a, -um, [modus], adj., modest, unassuming. modo, [abl. of modus], adv. and conj.:

(1) As adv., only, merely, but,

just; nōn . . . modo, sed,

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modo. . . now; tan

not only... but; modo, now. . . tum modo, only. (2) As conj., if only, provided; dum modo, provided. modus, -i, [MAD, measure], m., moderation; bound, limit; way, means; manner, kind, sort, form, fashion, style, class, character; ōrātiō huiusce modi, oration to this effect, as follows; eius modi, of such a kind, such; in urbium modum, on the scale of cities. moenia, -ium, [мv, shut], n. pl., (defensive) walls, city walls; walled city.

mōlēs, is, f., mass, weight, burden.

mōlior, -īrī, -ītus sum, [mōlēs], set in motion, labor upon. molliō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus, [mollis], soften; enervate.

manner, mode, way; pl., character, characteristics, principles, morals, civilization. mōtus, -ūs, [moveō], m., movement, disturbance, commotion, uprising.

moveō, -ēre, mōvī, mõtus, [мov, move], move, set in motion; remove, expel; disturb, concern, trouble; castra movēre, break camp; iocum movēre, crack a joke. muliebris, -e, [mulier], adj., womanish.

mulier, -eris, f., woman. multitūdō, -inis, [multus], f., great number, multitude, host; crowd, body of men; mob, rabble.

multō, [abl. of multus], adv., much, by far, very.

multō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [multa, a fine], punish.

mollis, e, adj., pliant, plastic; multum, [multus], adv., much,

tender; agreeable.

molliter, [mollis], adv., luxuriously.

mollitia, -ae, [mollis], f., weak

ness, irresolution.

moneō, -ēre, -ui, -itus, [MEN,

mind], advise, warn; suggest, counsel.

mōns, montis, [MAN, tower], m., mountain.

mora, -ae, [SMAR, think], f., delay.

greatly, frequently; comp., plūs, more; plus posse, be more powerful, accomplish more; superl., plūrumum or plūrimum, most; plūrumum posse, be most powerful, be most effective.

multus, -a, -um, adj., much,

many; comp., plūs, more ; plūris facere, esteem more highly; superl., plūrumus or plūrimus, most, very many.

morbus, -1, [MAR, die], m., dis-Mulvius, -a, -um, adj., Mulvian;

ease.

mors, mortis, [MAR, die], f.,

death.

mortālis, -e, [mors], adj., mortal; as noun, mortālis, -is, m., mortal, human being, man. mōs, mōris, m., custom, practice;

pōns Mulvius, the Mulvian bridge, built by M. Aemilius Scaurus, the censor, in B.C. 109, which crossed the Tiber two miles north of Rome, on the Via Flaminia; now Ponte Molle,

mūniceps, -cipis, [mūnia, public duties+ CAP, take], m. and f., citizen of a municipality or free town. mūnicipium, -ī, [mūniceps], n., | free town or city, municipality, which, being annexed to Rome, lost its sovereignty, but retained local self-government. munificentia, -ae, [mūnificus, bountiful], f., munificence, generosity.

mūniō, -īre, -ivi or -i, -ītus, [moenia], fortify, protect, secure, guard.

mūnītus, -a, -um, [part. of munio], adj., fortified, protected,

secure.

mūnus, -eris, [мv, shut], n.,

service; pl., public exhibition, public games, show of gladiators.

Murēna, -ae, m., name of a Roman family in the Licinian gens; C. Licinius Murēna was acting governor of Cisalpine Gaul in B.C. 63, in place of his brother Lucius, who went to Rome as candidate for the consulship of the following year. mūrus, -ī, [мv, shut], m., wall, rampart.

mūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [freq. from moveō], change, alter; exchange.

mūtuus, -a, -um, [mūtō], adj., borrowed; sumptus mūtuus, procured as a loan.

N.

nam, conj., introducing an ex

planation or a reason, for. nam-que, conj., a strengthened

nam, for indeed, and in fact, for you see, for. nanciscor, -ī, nactus or nanctus

sum, [NAC, get], get, obtain. nārrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [for gnā

rigō from gnārus, knowing], tell, relate, narrate, recount. nāscor, -ī, nātus sum, [GNA, beget], with abl., be born. nātiō, -ōnis, [GNA, beget], `f., tribe, people, race, nation. |nātūra, -ae, [GNA, beget], f., nature; natural inclination or disposition; temper, charac

ter.

naufragus, -a, -um, [nāvis, ship

FRAG, break], adj., shipwrecked; as noun, naufragī, -ōrum, m. pl., castaways; ruined men, bankrupts. nāvigō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [nāvis, ship + AG, drive], sail, navigate.

nē, [= vaí, vý, verily ], adv.,

.

verily, truly, assuredly. nē, [NA, no], adv. and conj.: (1) As adv., not; nē. . . quidem, not even. (2) As conj., that . . . not, not to, not, lest, for fear that, to prevent; with expressions of fear, that, lest.

-ne, [weaker form of nē, not], enclitic adv. and conj. :

(1) As adv., in a direct ques-
tion, not translated.
(2) As conj., in an indirect
question, whether.

nec, see neque.
necessarius, -a, -um, [necesse],
adj., necessary; as noun, ne-
cessaria, -ōrum, n. pl., neces-
saries of life, barest necessities.
necesse, [NEC, bind], indecl. n.

adj., necessary, needful; necesse est, one should.

nor yet, but not; neque

neque, neither. nor.
- [nē+queō,

necessitās, -ātis, [necesse], f., nequeō, -ire, -īvi,

necessity.

necessitūdō, -inis, [necesse], f.,
necessity, need, financial straits.
necō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [NEC,
kill], kill, slay, murder, put
to death, execute.
nefandus, -a, -um, [ne+fandus,

to be uttered], adj., unspeakable, infamous, abominable. nefarius, -a, -um, [nefas, im

be able], not to be able, be unable, cannot.

nēquiquam, [nē + old abl. of quisquam], adv., in vain, to no purpose.

Nerō, -ōnis, m., name of a family in the Claudian gens; Ti. Claudius Nerō, a senator in B.C. 63, was the grandfather of the Emperor Tiberius.

piety], adj., infamous, exe-nē-sciō, -ire, -īvī or -ii, -ītus, not

crable, nefarious, outrageous,

dastardly.

neglegentia, -ae, [neglegēns,

know, be ignorant; nēsciō an,

I know not but, I am inclined to think, probably.

heedless], f., negligence, care-nē-ve or neu, conj., and not, lessness.

neglegō, -ere, -lēxi (lēgī), -lēc

nor; and that. .. not, and lest.

tus, [nec + legō], neglect, dis-nī, [NA, no], conj., if not,

regard, despise. negōtior, -ārī, -ātus sum, [negotium], engage in business, trade.

negōtiōsus, -a, -um, [negōtium], adj., occupied with business, busy.

negōtium, -1, [nec + ōtium], n., business, occupation, undertaking, enterprise, commission, task; affair, matter; emergency, difficulty; pl., business transactions, business inter

ests.

nēmō, —, nēmīnī, gen. and abl. sing., and all the pl. supplied by forms from nūllus, [nē + homō], m. and f., no one, no

body; as adj., no. nepōs, -ōtis, m., (grandson); spendthrift, prodigal. neque and nec, [nē, not + -que],

adv. and conj., and not, nor,

unless.

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nihil, indecl., and nihilum, -ī,
[nē + hilum, trifle], n., noth-
ing; nihil, acc. as adv., not
at all, not; nihil reliqui fa-
cere, leave nothing; nihilō
minus, nevertheless.
nihil-dum, indecl. n., nothing as
yet.

nimis, adv., too much, too.
nimium, [nimius, excessive], adv.,
too much, too.

nisi, [nē + sī], conj., iƒ . . . not, unless, except.

nitidus, -a, -um, adj., shining,

glistening, sleek.

nitor, -ī, nīsus or nixus sum, struggle, strive; press forward.

Nōbilior, -ōris, [nōbilis], m., name of a Roman family in the Fulvian gens; M. Fulvius Nobilior, of the equestrian

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