THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

MAGUS.
MEMBRA.
Magus, i, m. (fmfos), a, wise and learned Materia, re, and Materies, ci, f. (mater),
man, a priest and philosopher among the matter, material, that out of which any
Persians: a magician, diviner.
tiling is formed, elements.
Maia, &, (Mala), a daughter of Atlas and Matcrnus, a, um, adj. (mater), motherly,
Pleione, and mother of Mercury by maternal, of a mother.
Jupiter.
Matertera, ae, f. (mater), a mother's sister
Majestas, atts, f. (magus, great), greatness, maternal aunt.
majesty, grandeur, dignity.
Matrona, 33,, f. (mater), a freeborn, respect
Major, or, us, gen. oris, adj! comp. of mag- able married woman, particularly a patri
nus, sup. maxTmus.
cian lady; a venerable matron; honorable
Male, adv. ladly, ill, wrongly, wickedly: wife, contort.
comp. pejus ; sup. pessime.
Maturus, a, um, adj. ripe, mature, of the
Malleus, i, m. a mallet, hammer: also, an proper age.
instrument for slaying the victim in sacri Ma t\it inus, a, um, adj. (from Matuta, the
fice, hatchet, axe. Hence English mall. name given by the Romans to the god
Male, le, lui, irr. (magis and volo), to choose dess Leucothoe: see INO), early, in the
rather, to prefer.
morning, belonging tooTofthe morning :
Malum, i, n. any thing evil, evil, misfor m. radii, the morning sunbeams.
tune; evil action, crime; disease. Mavortius, a, um, adj. (Mavors, same as
Mains, a, um, adj., comp. pejor, sup. pes- Mars), of Mars, relating to Mars. Pro
simus, bad, evil, wicked; baneful; biir- les Mavortias, the Thebans, because
densome; unfavorable; mischievous; un sprung from the serpent sacred to or be
seemly, dpformed.
gotten of Mars.
Mando, are, avi, atum, a. (perhaps fr. in MaxTme, adv. sup. of magis, most, in the
manum do), to commit to one's cliarge, en 7iig/iest degree, remarkably, eminently.
join, command; to consign, confide, in- Ma\Tmus, a, um, adj. sup. of magnus.
'trust.
MedTcabTfis, is, e, adj. (medicor, to heal),
Mane, n. indec. the morning, morn. Also curable, that may be healed, remediable.
adv. in the morning.
Medicameri. mis, n. (medicor), a medicine,
Maneo, ere, nsi, risuni, n. and a. (pan>, Dor. medicament, drug, remedy.
jtawj), to remain; aliide; endure, continue, MSdicatus, a, um, part, from medico, medi
le permanent: transitively, to await, ex cated, imbued with medicinal virtues.
pect.
MedTcma, se, f. (properly fern, of adj. medi-
Manes, ium, m. (fr. obs. manus, good}, dii cinus, scil. ars m.), the art of physic, me
manes, infernal gods: also, the shades of dicine.
the dead; the abode of the dead.
Medfcus, a, um, adj. (medeor, to heal),
Mamfestus, a, um, adj. (fr. manus and old healing, medicinal, medical.
vb. fendo), manifest, clear, distinct, appa Mcdius, a, um, adj. (from modus, lumilas
rent, evident.
or /*«"»{), being in the middle or midst;
Mano, are, avi, atum, n. t o flow, run, mid, middle; half; intervening.
triclcle, drop, distil.
Mrdnn, onis, m. proper name, Medon.
Manus, us, f. (/Ml>, distinctly speaking),
Mero/is, h usband of Clymene, who was
mother of Phaeton.
Mersus, a, um. part. fr. mcrgo.
MEru-j, a, nm. adj. (perhaps fi'ipw, to divide),
pure, unmixed: m°re, bare, pure: naLt-d;
clear, bright. Often as a subs, mcrum,
sell, vitmm.
Messfriiua, a, um, adj. belonging to Mit-
tenia, the south-west province of Pelo
ponnesus ; or, of Alessene, capital of
Messenia.
Mtta, £e, f. any thing of a conic or pyramidal
shape; especially the pyramidal column
at each end of the Roman Circus, round
which the horses and chariots turned:
hence, goal, extremity, place of turjimg,
boundary, limit.
Metior, in, mensus, seldom metitus, dep.
to mete, measure, survey, take measure of:
fig. to estimate, judge, value.
Metuo, ere, ui, n. and a. (metus), intr. to be
afraid, be in doubt, be irresolute, be anx
ious: t rans. to fear, appreliejtd; to revere,
stand in awe of: also, to beware of.
Mulus, us, m. (perhaps fr. iiuBas, batlle-din,
terror), fear, dread; awe.
Meus, a, um, (l^6s, fi,