Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 2210

2210. Magnu conatu, magnas nugas - A great effort for great trifles (Terence - So much work for so little gain)
2211. Magnum nomen est magna species magna dignitas magna maiestas consulis - It's big name, famous appearance, high dignity, pride of the consul's greatness (Cicero - Calpvrnivm Pisonem Oratio, XI)
2212. Magnum opus - Masterpiece
2213. Magnum vectigal est parsinomia - The economy is a major income (Cicero. The context of the sentence reads: "On immortal gods, men do not understand that a great source of wealth is the economy.)
2214. Magnus itineribus - By forced march (Military phrase)
2215. Maiestas minuta - Little Betrayal
2216. Maior singulis, universis minor - Greater than One, Less than All (Legal term - Aristotle’s phrase that refers to the person who is the ruler )
2217. Maior sum quam qui mancipium sim corporis mei - I'm too big to be a slave of my body (Philosophical term put forward as the antithesis of the old Socratic thesis that said: The body is the prison of the soul.) )
2218. Maiora pluraque in vita facienda sunt quam vivere - There are more and greater things to do in life than live ( Thank you: Eugene )
2219. Maiores aliud ius gentium, aliud ius civile esse voluerunt - The elders wanted one thing to be right of nations, the other thing to be the civil law (Legal term)
2220. Mala digestio, nulla felicitas - Bad digestion, no happiness (Sentence that warns about excess eating.)
2221. Mala grammaticam non vitiat chartam - The misspellings or bad grammar do not invalidate a document (It means that if legible, it is valid)
2222. Mala praxis - Malpractice (Legal term - when a professional makes an error. For example: take a surgeon on trial for mala praxis)
2223. Mala sine cortica bona, cum cortica meliora - Apples are good without skin, but with skin there better
2224. Male parta, male dilabuntur - Badly acquired, badly disappears (Easy comes, easy goes)
2225. Malleus maleficarum - Witches' hammer (Prosecution of witches)
2226. Malo ad campanam quam ad tubae surgere clangorem - I prefer to rise to a bell than to the blare of a trumpet
2227. Malo hic esse primus quam Romae secundus - I prefer to be first in this place than to be second at Rome. (Julius Caesar, according to Plutarch )
2228. Malo miri quam fedari - Rather die than be disgraced
2229. Malo mori quam foedari - I'd rather die than get dirty (be disgraced) (Motto of the Vega family)
2230. Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium - I prefer freedom with danger, than slavery with security
2231. Malum consilium quod mutari non potest - A bad decision is one that can not be changed (Publius Sirus)
2232. Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono - There is no bad that will not come with good (Pliny the Elder in Naturalis Historia )
2233. Malum sed mulliere, sed necessarium malum - Women are evil, a necessary evil (Philosophical Term)
2234. Mancipatio - Formal legal act (Legal term - referring to particular things that can emancipate (mancipi) There are those also unable emancipate (nec mancipi) )

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