Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 2235

2235. 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)
2236. Manu militari - With a military hand (Diplomatic Term - Using weapons instead of agreements, alliances or dialogue)
2237. Manum misi in ignem - I put my hand in the fire (St. Jerome)
2238. Manumissio - Emancipation (Legal term - In Rome, act provision under which the slave is free and citizen)
2239. Manus manum lavat - One hand washes the other
2240. Mare magnum - Large Sea
2241. Mare Nostrum - Our Sea (Refers to the Mediterranean Sea)
2242. Maremagnum - Big stormy sea, (Diplomatic Term - Refers to any issue that is complicated, tangled, confusing or that involves many people to assess it)
2243. Mariae, nunquam satis - Mary, never enough (St. Bernardus Clairval)
2244. Marito non licet nocere propriam uxorem - The husband does not have the right to harm his own wife (Legal term)
2245. Mars et Quirino, Roma Victrix - By Mars and Quirino, victorious Rome! (Harangue and order to attack the army)
2246. Martis dies - The day of Mars (Tuesday)
2247. Mater dei, memento, memento mei - Mother of God, remember, remember me
2248. Mater et magistra - Mother and teacher (Vulgate - Encyclical of John XXIII)
2249. Mater saeva Cupidinum - The savage mother of Cupid (Horace - Carmina I, 19, 1 - refers to Venus, the goddess of love)
2250. Mater semper certa, pater coud nuptias demonstram - The mother is always known, the father is known through marriage (Roman proverb that establishes the presumption of paternity of the husband)
2251. Mater tua mala burra est - Your mother eats red apples (In Spanish it could be interpreted as an insult, but it is not)
2252. Matrum ornamenta liberi sunt - The children are their mother adornment.
2253. Maxima debetur puero reverentia - A child is owed the greatest respect (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)
2254. Maxima est capitis deminutio, cum aliquis simul et civitatem et libertatem amittit - The maximum decrease in rights occurs when a person loses freedom and citizenship (Legal term in ancient Rome)
2255. Me Caesar incestam putat, qua sacra faciente vicit triumphavit! - Caeser thinks I committed incest, when as long I carried out the sacred rites he has been victorious and triumphant (Pliny the younger - Words of vestal Corenelia, when she was tried and executed by Domitian)
2256. Me fallit - I was fooled
2257. Me lumen; vos umbra regit - Light is my guide, the shadow is yours (Legal term - Refers to the intentionality of certain facts, knowing good is light and dark is evil)
2258. Me, me adsum qui feci - I, I was the one who did it (Legal term - confession)
2259. Mea culpa - My fault (Ecclesiastical term - Is always in a context of recognizing something wrong, apologizing, etc. For example "I confess I am a sinner")

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