LatinTranslationNotes Generose puer sic itur ad astraYoung, cheer up! This is the way to the skies.Motto of Academia da Força Aérea (Air Force Academy) of the Brazilian Air Forcethose who excel, thus reach the starsor "excellence is the way to the stars"; frequent motto; from Virgil's Aeneid IX.641 (English, Dryden)the teacher has said itCanonical medieval reference to Aristotle, precluding further discussionChrist is my teachercommon Catholic edict and motto of a Catholic private school, Andrean High School in Merrillville, IndianaMagna CartaGreat CharterSet of documents from 1215 between Pope Innocent III, King John of England, and English barons.magna cum laudewith great praiseCommon Latin honor, above cum laude and below summa cum laudeThe gods care about great matters, but they neglect small onesCicero, De Natura Deorum 2:167great is the power of habitGreater Europe is Our FatherlandPolitical motto of pan-Europeanistswith great joymagnum opusgreat workSaid of someone's masterpieceEconomy is a great revenueCicero, Paradoxa 6/3:49. Sometimes translated into English as "thrift (or frugality) is a great revenue (or income)", edited from its original subordinate clause: "O di immortales! non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia." ()greater reverence from afarWhen viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful. Tacitus, Annales 1.47 (the prince, king, pope) is more than the individual, but less than their totalitygreater things are pressingUsed to indicate that it is the moment to address more important, urgent, issues.in bad faithSaid of an act done with knowledge of its illegality, or with intention to defraud or mislead someone. Opposite of bona fide.Bad News ItselfMotto of the inactive 495th Fighter Squadron, US Air Forcebad times are upon usAlso used ironically, e.g.: New teachers know all tricks used by pupils to copy from classmates? Oh, mala tempora currunt!.male captus bene detentuswrongly captured, properly detainedAn illegal arrest will not prejudice the subsequent detention/trial.Death rather than dishonourMotto of the inactive 34th Battalion (Australia), the Drimnagh Castle Secondary SchoolI prefer dangerous liberty to peaceful slaveryAttributed to the Count Palatine of Posen before the Polish Diet, cited in The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseauapple of discordAlludes to the apple of Eris in the Judgement of Paris, the mythological cause of the Trojan War.malum in sewrong in itselfA legal term meaning that something is prohibited because it is inherently wrong (cf. malum prohibitum); for example, murder. malum prohibitumwrong due to being prohibitedA legal term meaning that something is only wrong because it is against the law (cf. malum in se); for example, violating a speed limit. mandamuswe commandA judicial remedy ordering a lower court, government entity, or public authority to do something (or refrain from doing something) as required by law.malum quo communius eo peiusthe more common an evil is, the worse it ismanibus date lilia plenisgive lilies with full handsA phrase from Virgil's Aeneid, VI.883, mourning the death of Marcellus, Augustus' nephew. Quoted by Dante as he leaves Virgil in Purgatory, XXX.21, echoed by Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass III, 6.manu forteliterally translated means 'with a strong hand', often quoted as 'by strength of hand'Motto of the Clan McKaymanu militariwith a military handUsing armed forces in order to achieve a goalmanu propria (m.p.)with one's own handWith the implication of "signed by one's hand". Its abbreviated form is sometimes used at the end of typewritten or printed documents or official notices, directly following the name of the person(s) who "signed" the document exactly in those cases where there isn't an actual handwritten signature.manus manum lavatone hand washes the otherfamous quote from The Pumpkinification of Claudius, ascribed to Seneca the Younger. It implies that one situation helps the other.manus multae cor unummany hands, one heartMotto of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.manus nigrablack handmarcet sine adversario virtusvalor becomes feeble without an opponentSeneca the Younger, De Providentia 2:4. Also, translated into English as "[their] strength and courage droop without an antagonist" ("Of Providence" (1900) by Seneca, translated by Aubrey Stewart), "without an adversary, prowess shrivels" (Moral Essays (1928) by Seneca, translated by John W, Basore) and "prowess withers without opposition".mare clausumclosed seaIn law, a sea under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all others.Mare Ditat, Rosa Decorat The sea enriches, the rose adornsMotto of Montrose, Angus and mare liberumfree seaIn law, a sea open to international shipping navigation.mare nostrumour seaA nickname given to the Mediterranean during the height of the Roman Empire, as it encompassed the entire coastal basin.Mater DeiMother of GodA name given to describe Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, who is also called the Son of God.mater familiasthe mother of the familyThe female head of a family. See pater familias.mater lectionismother of readinga consonant used to represent a vowel in writing systems that lack separate vowel characters, such as Hebrew and Arabic script. Translation of . Mater semper certa estthe mother is always certainA Roman law principle that the mother of a child is always known, as opposed to the father who may not be known. This principle had the power of praesumptio iuris et de iure (literally "presumption of law and by law"), meaning that no counter-evidence can be made against this principle. materia medicamedical matterBranch of medical science concerned with the study of drugs used in the treatment of disease. Also, the drugs themselves.maxima debetur puero reverentiagreatest deference is owed to the childfrom Juvenal's Satires XIV:47me vexat pedeit annoys me at the footLess literally, "my foot itches". Refers to a trivial situation or person that is being a bother, possibly in the sense of wishing to kick that thing away or, such as the commonly used expressions, a "pebble in one's shoe" or "nipping at one's heels".mea culpathrough my faultUsed in Christian prayers and confession to denote the inherently flawed nature of mankind; can also be extended to mea maxima culpa (through my greatest fault).mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundatMy hovercraft is full of eelsA relatively common recent Latinization inspired by the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch by Monty Python.media vita in morte sumusIn the midst of our lives we dieA well-known sequence, falsely attributed to Notker during the Middle Ages. It was translated by Cranmer and became a part of the burial service in the funeral rites of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.Milan has been capturedUsed erroneously as Mediolanum Capta Est by the black metal band Mayhem as an album title. Mediolanum was an ancient city in present-day Milan, Italy.Better too much than not enoughAlso used in elliptical form as melius abundare.better thingsCarrying the connotation of "always better". Motto of the University of Rochester.To improve the law is to improve life.Motto of the Salem/Roanoke County, Virginia Bar Association. He has planted one better than the one fallen. Motto of the Belmont County, Ohio, and the motto in the seal of the Northwest Territorya liar ought to have a good memoryFrom Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, book IV, ch. 2, line 91. (in Latin – via The Latin Library)memento moriremember that [you will] dieremember your mortality; medieval Latin based on "memento moriendum esse" in antiquity. (2012). Latein für Angeber, p. 85. Basserman Verlag. (in German)memento vivereremember to livememinerunt omnia amanteslovers remember allmemores acti prudentes futurimindful of things done, aware of things to comeThus, both remembering the past and foreseeing the future. From the North Hertfordshire District Council coat of arms. Memoriae Sacrum (M.S.)Sacred to the memory (of ...)A common first line on 17th-century English church monuments. The Latinized name of the deceased follows, in the genitive case. Alternatively it may be used as a heading, the inscription following being in English, for example: "Memoriae Sacrum. Here lies the body of ..." mens agitat molemthe mind moves the massFrom Virgil; motto of several educational institutionsa mind aware of what is rightMotto of The College Preparatory School in Oakland, Californiamens et manusmind and handMotto of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, and also of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.mens reaguilty mindAlso "culprit mind". A term used in discussing the mindset of an accused criminal.mens sana in corpore sanoa healthy mind in a healthy bodySatire X of the Roman poet Juvenal (10.356); motto of many sporting clubs, military and educational institutionsmente et artificiowith mind and skillMotto of Toronto Metropolitan University, Canadafor the sake of the metreExcusing flaws in poetry "for the sake of the metre"Miles GloriosusGlorious SoldierOr "Boastful Soldier". Miles Gloriosus is the title of a play of Plautus. A stock character in comedy, the braggart soldier. (It is said that at Salamanca, there is a wall, on which graduates inscribe their names, where Francisco Franco had a plaque installed reading "Franciscus Francus Miles Gloriosus".) Soldier of the Bastion of Freedom A phrase on the plaque in commemoration of Prof. Benjamin Marius Telders, (Netherlands).bloody urinesee hematuriahe threatens the innocent who spares the guiltychoose the lesser evil so a greater evil may be averted; the lesser of two evils principlewonderful to tellVirgilwonderful to seeA Roman phrase used to describe a wonderful event/happening.Does it seem wonderful [merely] because it was done a long time/so long ago?Livius Andronicus, Aiax Mastigophorus.He approves of the mingling of the peoples and their bonds of unionLatin Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV, line 112, "he" referring to the great Roman god, who approved of the settlement of Romans in Africa. Old Motto of Trinidad and Tobago, and used in the novel A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul. miserable is that state of slavery in which the law is unknown or uncertainQuoted by Samuel Johnson in his paper for James Boswell on Vicious intromission.terrible to seeA terrible happening or event.A bad peace is even worse than war.From Tacitus' Annales, III, 44.have mercy upon usA phrase within the Gloria in Excelsis Deo and the Agnus Dei, to be used at certain points in Christian religious ceremonies.Missio Deithe Mission of GodA theological phrase in the Christian religion.missit me Dominusthe Lord has sent meA phrase used by Jesus.mittimuswe sendA warrant of commitment to prison, or an instruction for a jailer to hold someone in prison.mobilis in mobili"moving in a moving thing" or, poetically, "changing through the changing medium"The motto of the Nautilus from the 1870 Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.modus operandi (M.O.)method of operatingUsually used to describe a criminal's methods.modus ponensmethod of placingLoosely "method of affirming", a logical rule of inference stating that from propositions if P then Q and P, then one can conclude Q.modus tollensmethod of removingLoosely "method of denying", a logical rule of inference stating that from propositions if P then Q and not Q, then one can conclude not P.modus vivendimethod of living or way of lifeAn accommodation between disagreeing parties to allow life to go on. A practical compromise.A monastery without books is like a city without wealthUsed in the Umberto Eco novel The Name of the Rose. Part of a much larger phrase: . Translation: A monastery without books is like a city without wealth, a fortress without soldiers, a kitchen without utensils, a table without food, a garden without plants, a meadow without flowers, a tree without leaves.mountaineers [are] always freeState motto of West Virginia, adopted in 1872; p