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followedoy tlie gen'd, as well of the 
„j'rson speaking (as, Liv. plebis) as of 
1 1■ person or thing spoken of. Cic. tui. 
hi. civ-tatis. Ciecil. In eorum mentio- 
neni incidi, happened, to mention them. Cic. 
Mentionem facere rei, or de re aliqua, 
ur de homine, to mention, make mention 
of. So, also, Lie. Mentionem inferre, or 
habere, or agitare, or, Vcilei. jacere, or, 
Karat. ‘ injicere, or, Liv. inchoare, to 
mention. Hence, of a consul. Cic. 
Mentionem facere in senatu, to mention, 
li. e. to report, represent. So, also, Liv. 
iv. I, 59. Mentio, a preliminary propo¬ 
sal, preceding the rogatio. — Plant. 
Mentionem facere, and Liv. Mentionem 
inferre, are also followed by ut. — Plur. 
Mentiones. Liv. serere, to mention. 
HeNTIOR (unc.), iris, itus sum, dep. 
4. intran. to lie. Cic. aperte. Id. de re. 
Hence, Mentior, I wiU he considered a liar 
(a formula ofasseveration), which is fol¬ 
lowed by nisi. Senec. — Figur. to lie, h. e. 
to deceive, impose upon. Cic. Frons, 
oculi, vultus sspe inentiuntur. Id. 
Mentiens, sc. syllogismus, a certain so¬ 
phistical syllogism, the premises of which 
are false, under an appearance of truth 
(il/tv56uevo^). — Also, of poets, to fable, 
invent. Horat.- Ita mentitur Homerus. 
— There is a difference between mentiri 
and mendacium dicere. (See Mendaci- 
um .) — Also, not to keep one’s word, 
to break one’s word. Horat. Cluibus 
mentitur arnica. - IT Also, trails to 
lie, to tell an untruth, a falsehood, prop. 
aliquid. Id. noctem, h. e. de nocte. 
Also, witlr an accus. and in,fin. follow¬ 
ing. Liv. — Also, to invent, forge by 
lying, to feign, counterfeit, pretend. Ov¬ 
id. d chores capitis. Sallust, rem. Liv. 
auspicium. Vellei. regia: stirpis origi- 
nem. Also, of inanimate things. Mar¬ 
tial. Quod tussis tua mentiatur. — Fig¬ 
ur. to belie, h. e. to disappoint, deceive, 
delude, beguile. Horat. spem. — Also, 
to have or assume the shape or appearance 
of a thing or person, to be or become like 
to imitate. Martial. Mentiris juve- 
nem tinctis capillis. Plin. Color qui 
cbrysocollam mentitur. Virg. Nec 
vanos discet mentiri lana colores. 
Colam. Sexum mentiri, h. e. imitari.— 
Hence, to change, alter. Cic. JV. D. 2, 
5. Nihil vetustas mentita sit (but Walk¬ 
er reads mutaverit). — Mentitus, a, um, 
is frequently used passively. Plant., 
Ovid., Virg. and Sueton. - Wentibitur, 
for mentietur, is found in Plaut. 
Me NT 5 (mentum), onis, one who has a 
3 lartre chin. Arnob. 
MeNTQR, oris, m.. a celebrated artist in 
polishing cups and engraving flowers on 
them. ( Cic. — Hence, poetically, the ves¬ 
sel made by him. Juvenal. -IT Also, 
the confidential friend of Ulysses, who 
intrusted to him the care of his domes¬ 
tic affairs, during his absence in the 
war against Troy. When young Te- 
lemachus set out on his voyage in 
search of his father Ulysses, Minerva 
accompanied him under the form of 
Mentor, acting the part of a prudent and 
experienced counsellor. — Hence, Men¬ 
tor is metaphorically put for a wise 
counsellor. 
MeNTOREOS (Mentor), a, um, adj. relat- 
3 inirto the artist Mentor, made by him. Prop 
MeNTOLa (unc.), a:, f. \p<.o\rj, xeos, vi 
3 rile membrum. Catull. 
MeNTOLaTuS (mentula), a, um, adj. 
3 same as mentula preeditus. Priap. Men- 
tulatior, h. e. majori mentula preditus. 
MeNTUM (unc.), i, n. the chin, yews, 
yevciov Cic. — Also, the chin, with the 
hair that grows on it, consequently the 
beard. Petron. — Also, the same part of 
animals. Virg. - IT In architecture, 
Mentum coronce, the projecting part of 
the cornice. Vitruv. 
ME 5 (unc.), as, avi, atum, n. 1. to go, to 
g pass, Stapaivo), nopcvopai. Ot man. 
Horat. and Tacit. Of inanimate things. 
Ovid. Meant sidera. Tacit, triremes. 
Lucrct. Vapor meat per, &c. 
MEoPTE, same as Mco, or Mco ipsius. 
3 Plaut. 
MEPHiTrCOS (mephitis), a, um, adj. me- 
3 phitical, mephitic, stinldng, fetid. Sidon 
"odor. , J . , 
MEPHITIS, is, f. a noxious, pestilential 
exhalation of the earth. Virg. -■ IT Also, 
a Homan goddess, who was worshiped as a 
protectress from such exhalations. Tacit. 
MePTe, for Me, or Me ipsum. Plaut. 3 
MERACii (meracus), adv. without mixture, 
3 purely. Solin. Meracius. 
MERACOLuS, and MERaCLWS (dimin. 
3 of meracus), a, um, adj. pretty pure, with 
very little mixture. Cels, and Plaut. 
MERaCOS (merus), a, um, adj. pure, with¬ 
out mixture, anparos. Cels, vinum. Pro- 
pert. uva, h. e. vinum. Cic. Vinum 
meracius. Horat . helleborum. Sidon. 
Fons meracissimus. 
MeRCABILIS (mercor), e, adj. that may 
3 be bought. Ovid. 
MeRCALIS (merx), e, adj. same as Mer- 
3 cabilis. Cod. Just. 
MeRCATIS (mercor), onis,f. a buying and 
3 selling, cp-dpevois. Gell. 
MeRCaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a merchant, 
trader (a wholesale dealer, oppose.- -O 
caupo, a retailer). Cic. -IT Also, a 
buyer. Cic. provinciarunr. 
MeRCaToRIOS (mercator), a, um, adj. 
3 mercantile. Plaut. navis, a merchant- 
vessel. 
MeRCaTuRX (mercor), re, f. the trade of 
a merchant, traffic, commerce. Cic. mag- 
na. Id. Mer'caturam (of several per¬ 
sons, mercaturas) facere, to deal, trade, 
traffic. Cats. Ad mercaturas, in dealing, 
trading, ice. Cic. Tanquam ad merca- 
turambonarum artium, for the purchase 
of, &c. -IT Also, merchandise. Plaut. 
Mercaturam habere. 
MeRCATOS (Id.), us, m. a buying and 
selling. Cic. -IT Also, a place of pub¬ 
lic traffic, a mart, or market-place. Liv. 
Frequens mercatus. Cic. Ad mercatum 
proficisci. — Also, a public sale, a fair. 
Cic. Habere mercatum, to hold a fair. 
Tcrcnt. Nisi eo ad mercatum veniam. 
Cic. prtetoris.-IT Any public meeting 
or assembly. Justin. Olympiacus. Not 
only games were celebrated there, but 
also fairs held. 
MeRCeDONIOS (merces & do), a, um, 
3 adj. Fest. dies, on which wages are 
paid. — Subst. Mercedonius, ii, m. one 
who pays to laborers their wages. Isidor. 
MeRCeDQNIUS, or MeRKeDONISS men 
sis, uyv pepKqSdmof, the Mercedonius, the 
intercalary month of the old Roman 
calendar, consisting alternately of 
twenty-two and twenty-three days, 
which was inserted every other year 
between the 23d and 24th of February. 
Calend. vet. ap. Gruter. 
MeRCeDOLX (dimin. of merces), as, f. 
(small or little) wages, hire, pay. Cic. - 
IT Cic. prediorum, rent. 
Mercenaries (merces), a, um, adj. do¬ 
ing a thing for hire, wages or pay; paid, 
hired, mercenary, stipendiary. Liv. mi¬ 
les. Id. arma. Id. scriba. Cic. tes¬ 
tes. Id. praitor. Id. liberalitas. Ho 
rat. vincula, engagements of his profes¬ 
sion {of preco), which brought him pay 
Hence, Mercenarius, subst. 'a person 
lured, a hireling. Cic. alicujus. 
MkRCeS (mereo), gdis, f. hire, wages. 
pay, reward. Cic. opere. Nep. Merce- 
de conducere aliquem. Horat. Non alia 
mercede bibam, on no other condition. 
Cic. Una mercede, exertion, effort. 
Phccdr. Sine mercede, gratis, without 
design. — Also, punishment. Liv. te- 
meritatis. — Also, trouble, cost, loss. 
Cic. Fidem hominum cognoscere non 
ita magna mercede. — Senec. Magna 
mercede, cost, pains. -IT Also, profit, 
vain of anything ; rent, revenue, income, 
interest, (of a house, farm, capital, Sec.) 
Cic. prediorum. Id. insularum. Cats. 
liabitationum. So, also, of the money 
paid by the farmers of the public reve¬ 
nues, 'Suet. ; and of the interest of a 
capital. Horat. 
MicRCIMoNIUM (merx), ii, n. ware, mer¬ 
chandise, commodity, goods. Plaut. and 
Tacit. — Also, the thing bought. Plaut. 
— Also, a buying. Id. 
MeRCOR (Id.), aris, alus sum, dep. 1. in- 
trans. to trade, traffic, ipiropevopai. 
Plaut. — Also, trans. to buy, purchase, 
doueopai. Cic. fundum de pupillo. Id, 
aliquid ab aliquo. Id. aliquid tanta pe- 
cunia. — Also, with the genit. of the 
price. Plin. quanti. Id. DC nummurn. 
— Figur. Cic. officia.-IT Mercarier, 
532 
for mercari. Horat. -IT Mercatus, a, 
um, passiv. Prop, and Plin. 
MeRCuRIALIS (Mercurius), e, adj. per¬ 
taining to Mercury. Ilorat. cognomen, 
h. e. cognomen Mercurii. Apul. cadu- 
ceus. — Hence,>. Mercuriales viri, 
and absol. Mercuriales, scholars and 
poets, particularly lyric poets, h. e. the 
favorites of Mercury, Ilorat.., because he 
was said to be the patron of scholars, 
and parens (ft. e. inventor) lyne. Al¬ 
so, merchants, trading people, Mercury 
being their patron and protector. Cic. 
■ -- IT Also, originating or proceeding 
from Mercury, called after him. Cato. 
herba ; and, simply, Plin. Mercurialis, 
sc. berba, an herb called Mercury. 
MeRCORISLOS (dimin. of Mercurius), i, 
3 m. a small picture representing Mercury. 
Apul. 
MeRCuRIOS (probably from merx), i, m. 
'E ppris. Mercury, the son of Jupiter and 
Maia, herald of the gods, especially of Jupi¬ 
ter, the god of eloquence (\6yios) and of 
peace, the inventor of the lyre and of the 
harp, protector of poets, &c.; the conductor 
of the souls of the departed, to the lower 
world. The chief ensigns of hispower and 
offices are his petasus or winged cap, the ta- 
laria or winged sandals for Iris feet, and a 
caduceus or wand; sometimes, as the god 
of traffic, he wears a purse (marsupiumj. 
— He is also the god of prudence, ingenu¬ 
ity, cunning, artifices, tricks, stratagem, 
fraud, and°cven of perjury (of every unex¬ 
pected gain, Ktpfiipos, epioiiviog). Hence, 
of merchants. Ovid. — He is also invoked 
by thieves. -IT Also, a planet. Cic. 
MeRDX (unc.), ae,f. excrement, amp. Ho- 
3 rat. 
MERe (merus), adv. purely, without mix- 
2 ture. Plaut. and Plin. 
MEReNDA (unc.), ffi, f -food taken between 
3 four andfive in the. afternoon; an afternoon’s 
nunchion or luncheon, to dci\iv6v- Calp. 
— Hence, Merendarius, a, um, receiving 
an afternoon’s luncheon. Senec. 
MEReNS, entis, particip. from mereo 
-IT Adj. being worthy of either good 
/ or ill, deserving. Sallust. Laudare, in- 
( crepare merentes. Ovid. Gives odere 
merentem.-IT Also, deserving well 
of. Cic. Ita de rep. merentem pernsse. 
Auct. B.Afric. Premia merenti tribuit. 
— Also, alicui, for de aliquo. Plant — 
Superlat. Merentissimus, a 7 idBeneme- 
rentissimus. Inscr. 
MERES (unc.), es, ui, Itum, a. and n.4. 
and MERESR, eris, Itus sum, dep. ?- « 
is used either as a trans. or as an in- 
trans. As a transit, it signifies to de¬ 
serve, merit, afidf dpt pffis. Merer 
premia. Id. Mereri laudem. Also, 
without an accus. Plane, in Cic.Lp. 
Si mereor. Also, followed by ut ,, Cic., 
or, ne, Plin.; or, the accus. with he - 
fin., Ovid. ; or, cur, Liv. - Merer,, in this 
signification, is a vox media, ana corr 
sponds to the English, to deserve, 
rent, fluid meritus ? crucem. Pro?. 
fluid tantum merui 
? What crime 
have l 
committed 7 - IT Also,_ to gdjjhjj e “ r "' 
nonamplius xii sens. Ho,at. »ra. 
Cic. 
Cic. Quid 
Liv. Lucra merita. — Hence, 
mereas, ut, &c. or, Quid merea is, 
EKtaSuV 
tramini Rheginos mereri velle, u , 
What do you think that they wou fe ' 
— Also, figur. to induced 
quie vos dote meruerunt, hav ^ 
you to marry them for their 
rat. Nardo vina V? erel>er n i' v jierere, to 
and Mereri stipendia, g 0) a I- 
serve as a soldier. Cic. an ‘ e as a 
so, Liv. Merere pedibus, to sen^ ^ 
foot-soldier. Cic. and • j^fgeman. 
and Liv. e quis, t0 *^ r “ (o f soldiers). 
Mereri a:s milnareW" oUain , 
Varr. 
eri tea ' „ P t obtain' 
. IT Also, to gam, acquire, gg a 
Plin. Bp. ^ on Tkuo tXclininii,por- 
creditore.-IT A ' 30 >^7 uod vellem, 
petrate. Terent. Sjepe, m 
meritam (esse). Fctr • n p[mU ob me- 
scelus. Tcrcnt. cuipam._< -q- Also, to 
ritam noxam e >’ • following 
have reason, ' v ‘ t, ‘, 1 t I — I neruereque rl ' 
Val. Flacc. ftyid M»J» “^ b it sign" 
_q As an intransitive vem, 
lies to serve for pay, 
to serve as a 
