Latin–English dictionary

mathēmatica

An expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics.

mathēmaticālis

Of, or relating to mathematics

mathēmaticus

Of, or relating to mathematics

Mathusael

The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.

matia

(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

mātrimōnium

The state of being married. [from 14th c.]

matrina

A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

Matritum

A province of the Community of Madrid, Spain. Capital: Madrid.

mātrix

Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals.

matrōna

A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank.

mattea

A delicacy (choice or pleasing food).

Matthiās

The Apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. (biblical character)

mātūrescō

(intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.

mātūritās

The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression.

mātūrō

(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.

mātūrus

(of living things, especially animals) Fully developed; adult.

matutina tempora

The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon. [from 13th c.]

mātūtīnum

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

mātūtīnus

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

maumo

(intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.

Maurītia

The main island of the country of Mauritius.

Maurītius

The main island of the country of Mauritius.

māvolō

(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]

maxi

Denotes a larger than usual version of an item.

maxilla

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

maxime

(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.

maximum

The highest limit.

maximus

Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)

me

As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.

me gero

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

mea culpa

(colloquial, idiomatic) My fault; mea culpa.

Meacum

A prefecture of Japan.

Mecca

A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible.

mēchanicus

(physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass

mēcum tacitus agitō

(transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

medallionis

A large medal, usually decorative.

Mēdēa

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.

medeor

(transitive) To restore to health.

Mēdia

(historical) A geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.

media pars corporis

(anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.

media urbs

(chiefly, US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.

mediaevalis

Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

mediātor

One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.

mēdica

(uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

medicāmen

A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

medicaster

(dated, now, chiefly, literary) A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.

medicīna

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

medico

(transitive) To restore to health.

medicus

A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

medietās

A point equidistant between two extremes.

medimnum

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

medimnus

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

Medina

A city and local council of the Western Region, Malta; the former capital city of Malta.

mediō

(transitive) To divide into two halves.

mediocris

Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).

mediolanensis

Of, from or relating to the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy.

Mediōlānum

A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy.

meditatio

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

meditātus

Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.

mediterraneus

Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.

meditor

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

medium

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).

medium corpus

(anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.

medium diei

(now, rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

medius

Being in the centre.

medulla

(anatomy) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.

Medūsa

(Greek mythology) The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.

megaphonium

A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.

megaphonum

A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.

mei

That or those belonging to me.

mel

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

melancholia

Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

melancholicus

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

melanoma

(oncology, disease) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.

Melburnia

The capital city of Victoria, Australia and former capital of Australia (1901–1927).

melca

A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.

melculum

A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.

mēlēs

Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea.

meletemata

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

melior

Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

melior fio

(dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

meliōrātiō

An improvement.

meliorem facio

(transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).

Melita

An archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta. Capital: Valletta.

Melitē

The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago.

Melitēnsis

Of or pertaining to Malta or its language.

Melitēsius

Of or pertaining to Malta or its language.

Melitta

An archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta. Capital: Valletta.

melius fio

(dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

mellārium

Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.

mellifex

A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.

mellinia

The state or quality of being delicious.

mellītus

Very dear; beloved, cherished, favourite.

mēlō

(countable) The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants

melodia

A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.

melongena

(North America, AU, NZ, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.

mēlōtris

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. [from 15th c.]

membrāna

(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.

membrum

A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

memini

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

memor

Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.

memorābilis

Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

memorātor

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

memoria intermedia

(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.

memōriae amīssio

(pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.

memoriālis

A scholar who studies historiography.

memorō

To cause to recall; to evoke a memory or thought.

memoror

To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.

Memphis

A city of ancient Egypt.

menda

A fault or malfunction.

mendācium

An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.

mendāx

Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

mendīcāns

Depending on alms for a living.

mendicare

(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.

mendīcor

(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.

mendīcus

A person who begs.

mendōsus

Having one or more defects.

Menelāus

(Greek mythology) The king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, and the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War.

mens

The capability for rational thought.

mensa

(culinary) A stage of a meal.

mēnsārium

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

mensis

A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.

menstrua

The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.

mēnstruālis

Occurring every month.

mēnstruus

Occurring every month.

mēnsuālis

Occurring every month.

mēnsūra

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]

mēnsūrābilis

Able to be measured.

menta

The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

mentha

The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

mentiō

A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.

mentior

(transitive) To trick or mislead.

mentiri

(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

mentis doctor

An expert in the field of psychology.

mentula

(vulgar, slang) The penis. [from the 20th c.]

mentum

The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.

mercator

A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

mercātōrius

(economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.

mercātus

The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.

mercenarius

Motivated by personal gain.

mercēnnārius

A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

mercēs

An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.

Mercurius

(Norse mythology, and, paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.

mereō

(transitive) To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).

meretrīcius

(obsolete) Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.

meretrix

A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.

merges

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

mergō

(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

mergor

(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

mergulus

(countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.