MEN 
MER 
MES 
magnam vim lacrimarum profundere, 
multas iacrimas effundere; in lacri- 
mas solvi. — That may be melted, fusilis. 
— A melting discourse, sermo ad com- 
movendos animos aptus. 
Welter, qui conflat or fundit; fiator. 
Melting of metal, fusura, metallorum 
liquefactorum fusio. — A melting-house, 
ustrina, liqnandi officina. 
MEMBER (limb), membrum; artus.— 
Having large members, Iacertosus, gran- 
dibus vaiidisque membris prosditus. — 
A member of a society, socius. — A mem¬ 
ber of the university, academia; alumnus. 
— By members, membratim. 
MEMBRANE, melnbrana, tunica. 
Membranaceous, membranaceus, Plin. 
MEMOIRS, commentarii; dictorum fac 
torumque alicujus commentarii. — A 
writer of memoirs, commentariorum 
scriptor. 
MEMORABLE, memorabilis, commeroo- 
rabilis; notabilis; memorial dignus ; in¬ 
sign is. 
Memorably, ita ut dignum sit memoria. 
MEMORANDUM, nota in commentaries 
relata. — A memorandum-book, libeilus, 
(libellus) meinorialis, commentario- 
lum. 
MEMORIAL, rerum narratiuncula scripto 
tradita. — To him the Romans delivered 
a memorial by their deputies, that he should 
not concern himself in the war, huic Ro¬ 
mani per legatos denuntiaverunt, ut 
bello abstineret, Entrap _IT (monu¬ 
ment), monumentuin.-IT (petition), 
liter® (supplices), libellus (supplex). 
MEMORIZE, in acta or commentaries 
referre. 
MEMORY, memoria. — My memory fails 
me, memoria labat or me fugit.-2 bad 
memory, memoria infida. — A good 
memory, memoria fida, tenax, firma, te- 
nacissiina. — A ready memory, memoria 
exprompta. — Of blessed memory, apud 
posteros sacer. — To have (or keep) in 
memory, meminisse ; memoria. custo- 
dire or tenere. — To call to memory, re- 
miniscor, recordor. — To bring to anoth¬ 
er's memory, commonefacio ; rem alicui 
in inemoriam reducere. — To commit to 
memory, memori® mandare, prodere, 
tradere; (memoriter) ediscere. — Out 
of memory, oblitus, oblivioni traditus.— 
To blot out of memory, obliviscor ; obli¬ 
vioni tradere. — To slip out of memory, 
e memoria excidere. — For the memory, 
memorialis. 
MENACE (threaten), minor, comminor, 
minitor, interminor; rtiinas alicui in- 
tendere. — He menaced him with death, 
mortem illi minatus est. — Menaced, cui 
min® intenduntur. — We are menaced 
with a war, bellum nobis impendet. — 
You are menaced with great severities, 
magna te impendent mala. 
Menace, Menaces, min® ; minatio,com- 
minatio. 
Menacer, qui minatur. 
Menacing, minax, minans; minitans, 
minitabundus. 
menagerie, vivarium. 
MEND (better, correct), melius facere, 
emendo, corrigo . — He mended the faults 
of the transcribers, librariorum menda 
tollebat. — To mend or grow better, me- 
liorem fieri. (But see Better.) — To 
mend or make another person better, ali- 
quem ad bonam frugem revocare. — To 
mend one’s own life or manners, to grow 
better, ad bonam frugem se recipere”; in 
melius mutari; vitam rectius instituere ; 
mores in melius miitare. — To mend in 
health, meliorem fieri, convalesco, ex 
morbo recreari .—Mended in health, ex 
inorbo recreates.— To be on the mendintr 
hand, meliuscule se habere ; a morbo 
levari incipere. — To mend one’s condi¬ 
tion or circumstances, fortunam amplifi- 
care, opes augere. — Mended in the world, 
cujus opes auct® sunt. — To mend one’s 
market, vilius or viliori pretio emere. 
— "I (repair), reficio, sarcio, resarcio; 
restauro, reconcinno ; reparo. — It was 
? s0 objected that M. Fonteius got money 
ii mending the high ways, objectum est 
tmm, qu®stum M. Fonteium ex via- 
rum munitione fecisse. 
Mendable, emendabilis. 
ender (one who makes better), emenda- 
tor, emendatrix, corrector. — A mender 
or corrector, corrector: (repairer), qui 
aliquid reficit, resarcit, etc.; refector. 
Mending (making belter), emendatio, cor- 
rectio : (repairing, refitting), refectio ; 
interpolatio. 
MENDICANT, mendicans, mendicus. 
-ir A mendicant or begging friar, fra- 
ter ex ordine Mendicantiuin. 
MENSTRUAL, MENSTRUOUS, men- 
struus. 
MENSURABLE, quod metiri possumus. 
Mensuration, metatio. 
MENTAL, by the genit. animi, mentis or 
ingenii. — Mental reservation , cogitatio 
mente tantum concepta, non verbis pro- 
lata. 
Mentally, animo; ingenio; mente (opp. 
to sensu). — To see a thing mentally, 
animi oculis intueri aliquid. ” 
MENTION, s. meritio, commemoratio. 
To Mention or make mention, memoro, 
commemoro; commonefacio; meinini, 
mentionem facere. — Mot to mention, 
silentio transire or pr®terire. — Pit or 
worthy to be mentioned, memorabilis, me- 
moratu dignus- Mot fit to be mentioned, 
turpe flrfcedum dictu. — Fore-mentioned, 
de quo or quod supra commemoravi 
tnus ; quod supra scripsi; ille. 
MERCANTILE, ad negotia pertinens, 
mercatorius ; genit. mercatorum. 
MERCENARY, adj. mercenarius. — To 
be of a mercenary temper, omnia venalia 
habere ; lucro inhiare. 
Mercenary (hireling), s. mercenarius, sti- 
pendiarius, mercede conductus. 
MERCER (silk-man), qui serica vendit. 
— A country mercer, propola, caupo. — 
Mercery ware, merces minut® ; serica. 
MERCHANT, 4 qui rem gerit et lucrum 
facit (any trafficker) ; mercator (esp. in 
gross) ; negotiator (esp. corn-factor, 
capitalist) ; propola (retailer) ; institor 
( pedler). — J1 merchantman or merchant- 
ship, navis mercatoria or oneraria ; na¬ 
vis portandis mercibus inserviens. — 
Law-merchant, jus mercatorium. 
Merchandise (traffic), mercatura, merca- 
tio; negotia: (goods), merx, merces, 
mercimonium (-a). 
Merchantable, mercabilis. 
MERCURY (the deity or planet), Mercu- 
rius.-IT Mercury (briskness ; spright 
liness), vigor, alacritas ; l®titia. -— 
IT Mercury ( quicksilver), hydrargyrus. 
Mercurial (brisk, lively), vegetus, vivi- 
dus. — A person of a mercurial, genius, 
homo acri, acuto or sollerti ingenio. 
MERCY, dementia, lenitas, indulgentia, 
venia; misericordia, animus misericors. 
— However it was a great mercy that, &c., 
gratuiandum tamen est, quod, etc. — 
Through the favor and mercy of the gods, 
munere deum, Tac. — I cry you mercy, 
erravi, ignosce; peto, ut mihi hoc ignos- 
cas or condones. — To have mercy upon , 
alicujus misereri, alicujus fortunam mi- 
sereri— Have mercy on me, te misereat, 
miserescat or commiserescat mei. —I had 
mercy on him, me ejus misertum est. — 
I beseech you have mercy on a man in his 
circumstances, obsecro, adhibeatis in ho- 
minis fortunis misericordiam. — To de¬ 
liver one up to the mercy of his enemies, 
hostibus iratis aliquem objicere or tra¬ 
dere. — He committed himself to the mercy 
of the sea, mari furenti se objecit. — To be 
at the mercy of a person, in potestate ali¬ 
cujus esse ; alicui obnoxium esse. — 
Mercy-seat, propitiatorium [not classical]. 
Merciful, clemens, misericors, benignus, 
propitius, tener.— To be merciful to or 
have mercy on, misereor, commisereor, 
miseresco. 
Mercifully, clementer ; cum misericor¬ 
ds. 
Mercifulness, dementia, misericordia. 
Merciless, immisericors, mclemens, in 
humanus. 
Mercilessness, inhumanitas, immanitas. 
MERE (simple), merus, simplex; ipse; 
nihil nisi, nihil alius quam. — These 
seem to be nothing but mere dreams, h®c 
nihilo mihi videntur secus quam som- 
nia. 
Merely, tantum, nihil nisi. 
MERETRICIOUS, meretricius. 
MERIDIAN line or circle, circulus meridi- 
anus. — This is not calculated to our me¬ 
ridian (fig.), hoc a moribus nostris ab- 
horret. 
l(il 
Meridional, meridianus, australis, aus- 
trinus. 
Meridionally, ad austnim. 
MERIT, MERITORIOUSNESS, digni- 
tas, virtus ; meritum, promeritum. — 1 
can never commend you sufficiently ac¬ 
cording to your merit, nunquam te satis 
pro dignitate laudare possum.— Your 
merit only engages me to be your friend, 
tibi me virtus tua amicum facit. — I do 
not desire that favor on the score of merit, 
ego haudqu&quam postulo id grati® ap- 
poni niibi. —• He makes a merit of this, 
hoc sibi laudi ducit, in hStc re gloriatur. 
According to each person’s merit, ut 
quisque meritus or promeritus est; ut 
quisque dignus est. — A man of merit, 
vir rebus prsclare gestis nobilis or il- 
lustris ; vir genere, virtute, factis clarus 
lo Merit, mereo, mereor, promereo, pro. 
mereor, commereo, commereor. — He 
had merited the greatest honors, meruerat 
ut maximis honoribus decoraretur. — 
a ffair merits our consideration, res est 
ldonea de quH qu®ratur. — I have merited 
this punishment by my own folly, ego pre- 
tium ob stultitiam fero, sic est meritum 
meum— Merited, meritus, commeritus. 
Meritorious, merens, meritus ; pramio 
or mercede dignus. 
Meritoriously, merito, juste, jure. 
MERMAID, Siren. 
MERRY. l®tus, hilaris, alacer gaudio; 
jocosus, jocularis : ridiculus ; jucundus. 
— That was a merry life indeed, illud 
vivere erat. — Who doth sing so merry o 
vote, as he that is not worth a groat ? can- 
tabit vacuus coram latrone viator. — It 
is good to be merry and wise, qui sapit, in 
tacito gaudeat i'lle sinu. — Somewhat 
merry, hilarulus. — Very merry, perl®- 
tus, l®titi& gestiens : perjucundus. — 
To be very merry, effuse exsultare, ri- 
dere, gaudere. — To make one merry, 
aliquem hilarum facere, liilarare, ex- 
hilarare, oblectare, l®tificare ; aliquem 
lietitia. afficere. — Your company or pres¬ 
ence makes me merry, conspectus vester 
reficit et recreat mentem mean). — 
Your arrival had made me very merry 
tuus me maxime levarat adventus. — 
To make merry or be merry and cheerful, 
l®tor, gaudeo, se oblectare, lstitia. ges- 
tire. — He bought some gardens, wherein 
to make merry with his friends, hortulos 
emit, ubi se cum amicis oblectare posset. 
T To be merry with drinking wine, vino 
incalescere, Curt. 5. 12. -— To be set on 
a merry pin, in lstitiam effundi. — Made 
merry, hilaratus, exhiiaratus, ]®titia af- 
fectus. — A merry Andrew, mimus, san- 
n:o. — A merry companion, congerro, 
conviva lepidus.- Merry conceits, fa- 
ceti®, pi. —a merry-making, dies fes- 
tus ; festivitas. — A merry tale, fabula 
jucunda, narratiuncula jocosa. — Merry 
tales, joci, faceti®. — A merry counte¬ 
nance, frons serena, porrecta, Ista, hi- 
iaris- A merry prank, facinus iepidum 
or joculare. — The . merry-thouaht (in 
fowls), os bifurcurn. 
Merrily, hilare, hilariter, festive, lete 
facete, jocose. — You must talk with me 
more merrily, porrectiori fronte mecum 
loquaris oportet. 
Merriment, hilaritas, festivitas, hilaritu- 
do, l®titia. 
MESENTERY, mesenterium. 
MESH, macula. 
Meshy, reticulatus. 
MESS of meat, cibus, cibi portio_ The 
chief or principal mess, coen® caput._ A 
mess of pottage, jus, jusculum.-IT A 
mess (four eating together), quatuor ho¬ 
mines qui un& cibum capiunt_2 mess¬ 
mate, convictor. 
To Mess with others, cibum nil3. cum aliis 
capere. 
MESSAGE, nuntius; mandatum, jus- 
sum ; allegatio. — The substance of a 
message, suinma mandatorum.— To de¬ 
liver, do or tell a message, nuntio, an- 
nuntio; mandata ferre, perferre, confi- 
cere. — To go on a message, jussa ca- 
pessere or exsequi; mandata perferre. 
— To go on a sleeveless message, futile 
mandatum facessere, frustra’ aliquid 
agere or tentare. — To send on a message. 
lego, abiego; mitto. 
Messenger, nuntius, internuntius: (am¬ 
bassador), legal as: ( pursuivant ), lictor, 
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