Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 2241

2241. Manu militari - With a military hand (Diplomatic Term - Using weapons instead of agreements, alliances or dialogue)
2242. Manum misi in ignem - I put my hand in the fire (St. Jerome)
2243. Manumissio - Emancipation (Legal term - In Rome, act provision under which the slave is free and citizen)
2244. Manus manum lavat - One hand washes the other
2245. Mare magnum - Large Sea
2246. Mare Nostrum - Our Sea (Refers to the Mediterranean Sea)
2247. Maremagnum - Big stormy sea, (Diplomatic Term - Refers to any issue that is complicated, tangled, confusing or that involves many people to assess it)
2248. Mariae, nunquam satis - Mary, never enough (St. Bernardus Clairval)
2249. Marito non licet nocere propriam uxorem - The husband does not have the right to harm his own wife (Legal term)
2250. Mars et Quirino, Roma Victrix - By Mars and Quirino, victorious Rome! (Harangue and order to attack the army)
2251. Martis dies - The day of Mars (Tuesday)
2252. Mater dei, memento, memento mei - Mother of God, remember, remember me
2253. Mater et magistra - Mother and teacher (Vulgate - Encyclical of John XXIII)
2254. Mater saeva Cupidinum - The savage mother of Cupid (Horace - Carmina I, 19, 1 - refers to Venus, the goddess of love)
2255. 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)
2256. Mater tua mala burra est - Your mother eats red apples (In Spanish it could be interpreted as an insult, but it is not)
2257. Matrum ornamenta liberi sunt - The children are their mother adornment.
2258. Maxima debetur puero reverentia - A child is owed the greatest respect (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)
2259. 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)
2260. 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)
2261. Me fallit - I was fooled
2262. 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)
2263. Me, me adsum qui feci - I, I was the one who did it (Legal term - confession)
2264. 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")
2265. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa - My fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault (Prayer of confession at the Catholic Mass)

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