Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 2216

2216. 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.) )
2217. Maiora pluraque in vita facienda sunt quam vivere - There are more and greater things to do in life than live ( Thank you: Eugene )
2218. 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)
2219. Mala digestio, nulla felicitas - Bad digestion, no happiness (Sentence that warns about excess eating.)
2220. Mala grammaticam non vitiat chartam - The misspellings or bad grammar do not invalidate a document (It means that if legible, it is valid)
2221. Mala praxis - Malpractice (Legal term - when a professional makes an error. For example: take a surgeon on trial for mala praxis)
2222. Mala sine cortica bona, cum cortica meliora - Apples are good without skin, but with skin there better
2223. Male parta, male dilabuntur - Badly acquired, badly disappears (Easy comes, easy goes)
2224. Malleus maleficarum - Witches' hammer (Prosecution of witches)
2225. Malo ad campanam quam ad tubae surgere clangorem - I prefer to rise to a bell than to the blare of a trumpet
2226. 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 )
2227. Malo miri quam fedari - Rather die than be disgraced
2228. Malo mori quam foedari - I'd rather die than get dirty (be disgraced) (Motto of the Vega family)
2229. Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium - I prefer freedom with danger, than slavery with security
2230. Malum consilium quod mutari non potest - A bad decision is one that can not be changed (Publius Sirus)
2231. Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono - There is no bad that will not come with good (Pliny the Elder in Naturalis Historia )
2232. Malum sed mulliere, sed necessarium malum - Women are evil, a necessary evil (Philosophical Term)
2233. Mancipatio - Formal legal act (Legal term - referring to particular things that can emancipate (mancipi) There are those also unable emancipate (nec mancipi) )
2234. Manduco me flumen de vobis - How I laugh at you (Macaronic Latin)
2235. Mane nobiscum quoniam advesperascitt - Stay with us Lord, because it's getting late. (Vulgate - Luke 24, 29 - Petition of the disciples on the road to Amaus Gospels)
2236. Mane vobiscum Domine - Stay with us, Lord
2237. Mantua me genuit; Calabri rapuere; tenet nunc
      Parthenope; Cecini pascua, rura, duces
      -
      Mantua gave me birth; Calabrian took me away
      ( Today they have me) Partenope holds me. I sang of pastures, farms, leaders
      (Virgil epitaph)
2238. Manu militari - With a military hand (Diplomatic Term - Using weapons instead of agreements, alliances or dialogue)
2239. Manum misi in ignem - I put my hand in the fire (St. Jerome)
2240. Manumissio - Emancipation (Legal term - In Rome, act provision under which the slave is free and citizen)

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