THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

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MINYEIUS.
progenitor of the Minya?, who were a
race of nobles in Orcheinenus.
Miniums, a, um, adj. of or belonging to
Miuyas; M . proles, the daughters of
Minyas.
Mirabilis, is, e, (miror), to tie wondered at,
wonderful, strange, astonishing: admira
ble, extraordinary.
Miraculum, i, n. (miror), strangeness, a
wonder, a miracle, prodigy.
Mirator, oris, m. (miror), an admirer.
MTror, ari, atus sura, dep. to wonder, mar
vel, bc/imazed; wonderat, admire; esteem,
value; to gaze on u ith admiration.
MJrus, a, um, adj. akin to miror), wonder
ful, ttrange, marvellous, admirable, extra
ordinary.
Misceo, ere, ui, mistum and mixtum, a.
(fiicytii, same as py^ 7", to mix), to m^igle,
intermix, blend; confuse, embroil.
Misfr, a, um, adj. (by some derived from
piaKj, to hate), wretched, miserable, unfor
tunate, distressed, voful, piteous: vile.
Miserabilis, is, e, ndj. (miser), pitiable, de-
servinc of commiseration, deplorable, la
mentable: plaintive, sorrowful.
Mtstreor, En, tus sum, dcp. (miser), to pity,
compassionate, commiserate, have pity
on.
Miseror, ari, atus sum, dep. (miser), to de
plore, lament, mourn for, bewail; to pity,
compassionate.
MTsernnus, a, um, adj. sup. of miser, a,
urn; which see.
Missus, n, um, part. fr. mitto, let go, sent,
thrown, latrled, &c. &c.
Alistus, a, um, or Mixtus, part, and adj.
(misceo), mixed, mingled, intermixed,
blended, tempered, combined.
Mitis, is, e, adj. mild, soft, tender, mettow;
calm, placid, gentle, easy, kind.
Mitto, ere, isi, n. (meo, to gn or make go), to
let go, cause to go; put aside, omit, dis
miss, send, despatch, to send forth, pro
duce, to throw, discharge, cast, precipitate.
Modtriinien, mis, n. (moderor), that by
which any thing is governed or guided;
hence, government, management, direc-
tio?i,
Moderatius, adv. comp. of moderate, mode
rately, discreetly, with moderation, gra
dually.
Moderator, oris, m". (moderor), a moderator;
a governor, ruler, director, guide.
Modfror, ari, alus sum, dep. (modus), to
fix a ineasurffor: to set measure to, mo
derate, restrain, allay, spare; to manage
properly, govern, regulate.
MCdeatus, a, um, adj. (modu*). moderate in
desire, modest, temperate, discreet, virtu
ous, decent, calm, gentle.
Mudtcus, a, um, adj. (modus), keeping
within proper measure, moderate, modest;
middling, ordinary; small, little, scanty,
trifling, mean.
Mud'0, adv. (modus), only, but; merely: a
short time since, lately ; now, just now,
immediately; meanwltile.
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MONUMENTUM
Bfudus, l. m. a measure, Quantity; measure,
moderation; limit; manner, method.
Mcenia, ium, n. pi. (akin to munio, to for
tify), walls, especially of towns: hence,
that by which any thing is incloied,
towers, ramparts, intrenchments. O ften
for a city.
MoBreo, ere, ui, n. and a. to mourn, grieve:
to bewail, lament; to utter mournfully or
sadjy.
MoBstus, a, um, adj. (mcereo), mourning,
sad, sorrowful, grieved, afflicted: gloomy;
boding grief; causing gritf.
Mularis, is, e, adj. (mola, a mill), of a mill:
henco, molaris, is, as a subs. scil. lapis,
a mill-stone; hence, any huge stone.
Moles, is, f. a mass, heap, huge or weighty
lump.
Molior, ire, Itus sum, dep. (moles), to be
stir one's self, make a great effort, endea
vor to perform, labor, strive, struggle; to
move with an effort, undertake, design,
project, plan, attempt : also, to build,
raise, make.
Mollesco, ere, n. (mcllis), to become soft,
become mild, soften, grow gentle; to be
come effeminate.
Mollio, ire, ivi and ii, itum, a. (mollis), to
make flexible, pliant, soft; to mollify.
Mollis, e, adj. (for movilis, from moveo),
flexible, pliant; soft ; tender, delicate,
mild, genial, impressible.
Mulossus, a, um, adj. Molossian, belonging
to Molossia, a district of Epirus, called
so after Molossus, son of Pyrrhus and
Andromache.
Momentum, i, n. (moveo), a motion or im
pulse; motion, movement; force, moving
power; a moment or minute; value,
weight; influence, importance.
Moneo, ere, ui, itum, a. (primm), to put in
mind, advise, admonish, warn; to in
struct, inform, tell.
Momtum, i, n. (moneo, to advise), admoni
tion, advice, warning, exhortation: pro
phecy, forewarning.
Mumius, us, m. (moneo, to advise), advice,
admonition, warning; ulaming by omens
or dreams.
Mons, tis, m. a mountain, high hill; a
quantity. (Perhaps from mineo, to im
pend.)
Monstro, are, avi, a. (moneo), to point out,
show; to inform, teach, tell: to indicate,
ajrpoint.
Monstrum, i, n. (moneo), any thing out of
nature's ordinary course, a monster, pro-
disy, a hideous person or thing, a wonder,
marvel.
Montanus, a, um, adj. (mons), of or belong
ing to a mountain; being or living on
mountains: mountainous.
MontTcula, ae, m. and f. (mons, colo), an
inhabitant of the mountains.
Muiiumentum and MunTmentum, i, n. (mo
neo), a memorial, monument; a tomb, in
which latter sense monumcntum was
originally, according to Varro, exclu-
MORA.
sively used; a record; n trace or ties
tige.
Mora, ae, f. a delay, hindrance, impediment
Mordeo, Ere, miJmordi, morsum, a. to bill
with one's teeth, to chew, to eat; hence
to use up, consume; to catch, clasp fast
to bite at, censure, satirize; to gnaw
grieve, afflict, annoy, corro>le with grief.
Morior, i, mortuus, dep. to die, tn rrnirr
perish: fig. to vanish, pass away, lose it
strength.
Muror, ari, atus sum, dep. (mora, delay), It
stay, tarry, abide, linger: (rails, to detain
impedt: also, to care for.
Mors, tis, f. 04»>,/o(e), death; also, Death
as a goddess.
Morsus, us, m. (mordco), a biting, a bite,
an eating; a corroding, consuming; grief
mortification.
Mortalis, e, adj. (mors), mortal, subject ui
death; human, earthly: also, mortal,
bringing or causing death.
Morum, i, n. (either from pV 1'. »3 in 'hi
following, or from /inufd,-, black), a mul
berry; a blackberry, bramble-berry.
Morus, i, f. (jiUfw, the black mulberry), t
mulberry tree.
MOs, nions, m. one's will or humor; self-
will, caprice; manner, custom, usage,
practice, fashion; demeanor, behavior.
In pi. especially, morals, character.
Motus, us, m. (moveo), a moving, motion,
x movement.
MCiveo, ere, i, otum, a. and n. (meo), to
move, put in motion, shake; affect, im
press; incite, excite; remove.
Mox, adv. (moveo), presently, soon, imme
diately, soon after.
Mucro, oiiis, m. (perhaps from lunpls, small),
the sharp point of any thing; sharp edge;
point of a sword, a sword; hence, power,
authority.
Mugio, Ire, Ivi and ii, itum, n. (from the
sound 7/iu), to low, bellow, as kine: to
crash, roar, peal.
Mugitus, fa, m . (mugio), a lowing, bellow
ing; a roaring, crushing, loud noise.
Mulceo, ere, si, sum, a. (/xcAycj for cfyirAyw,
to milk, press gently), to stroke; to soothe,
calm; fondle, caress, delight; fan; touch;
breathe through.
Mulctbcr, tris and i, m. Vulcan, perhaps
from mulceo, in ilie signification, to
soften.
Multum, adv. (multus), much, very much,
very, greatly, frequently.
Multus, a, uin, adj. much, copious, many,
numerous, frequent.
Mundus, i, m. [analogous to nftrfioj], orna
ment; the heavens; the universe, the
world.
Munimcn, Tnis, n. (munio), a fortijication,
defence, bulwark, rampart, shelter, protec
tion.
Munus, tris, n. an office, employment,
charge; duty; a service, favor; hence,
last service to the dead, funereal honors
or riles; a present, a gift.
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NASCENDUM.
Mfmyrhius, a, um, adj. of Munychia, that
is, Athenian; Munychia (\lo'vu^ia) being
one of the harbors at Athens, adjoining
the Piraeus.
Murex, Tcie, m. a purple-fish, a species of
shell-Jlsh with prickly ,irmor and long
beak; the juice contained in the shell,
used for dying; purple. A shell used as
n irnmpct hy Truon.
Murmur, uris, n. (onomatopoeia, mur-mur.
giving the sound ihe word expresses;, a
murmur, murmuring noise.
Miirus, i, m. a wall,'as of a town; any
thing serving as a wall; a defence, se
curity, protection.
Muscus, i, m. Oi&rx»;), mots.
Murnbilis, ia, e, adj. (aiuto), mutable,
changeable, unsettled, inconstant, f. klc.
Miito, jire, avi, atum, (as if contraction cf
movito), to move, move from, move to; 10
alter, change, transform; to exchange, to
transfer.
Mutus, a, um, adj. mute, silent, speechless.
Miituus, a, um, adj. (probably ir. muto),
borrowed, to be returned in an equivalent
of the same kind; borrowed, lent: mu
tual, reciprocal, exchanged, in return.
Mycale, es, f. a mountain and promontory
on the coast of Ionia, opposite Samoa,
now Samsoun.
Mygdonius, a, um, adj. Rlygaonian.
Myrrha, IE, f. daughter of Cinyras and
mother of Adonis: she was changed
into the myrrh-tree.
N.
Nfibathnsus, a, um, adj. ofNabatluza, Na-
bathtsan. [Nabathaea was a district of
Arabia Petrea, said to have been so
called from Nabath, son of Ishmael.]
Nactus, a, um, port, of nanciscor, having
found, having reached, having attained.
Na'ias, adis and ados, and Nai's, Tdis and
tdos, f. (wiai, to flow), a Naiad, water or
river nymph.
Nam, conj. denoting causality, for: in in
terrogations, then, as, quisnam t who then f
equivalent to yap.
Namque, conj. for, for certainly, equiva
lent to «oi yaf.
Nanciscor, ci, nactus, dep. (from the unused
verb nancio, ornancior), to find by choice,
fold; reach, obtain.
Nape, es, f. name of a dog.
Narcissus, i, m. (NapKicrms), tlte narcissut Of
daffodil, [fr. vapxuu, to cause sleep, be
cause of its narcotic properties.] Also,
pr. n. Narcissus, son of Cephisus, changed
into the foregoing.
Nares, is, f. and Nnres, ium, pi. the nostril,
nostrils, nose: fig. sweet smctt, flowers,
&c.; also, delicacy of sense, nicety of
judgment.
arro, are, avi, atum, a. (gnarus), to tell,
narrate, report, recount, relate; to say, ta
speak.
Tascendum, i, ger. from nascor.
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