=Mārcellus, ī=, m., the name of a famous Roman family. 1. _M. Claudius Mārcellus_, consul 222 B.C. 2. _(M.) Claudius Mārcellus_, consul 166 B.C. 3. _(M.) Claudius Mārcellus_, consul 51 B.C. =Mārcius, ī=, m., 1. _Ancus Mārcius_, the fourth king of Rome, 640-616 B.C. 2. _C. Mārcius_, consul 310 B.C. 3. _Q. Mārcius_, surnamed Coriolanus. See =Coriolānus=. =Marcomannicus, a, um=, adj., _belonging_ or _pertaining to the Marcomannī_. =Marcomedī, ōrum=, pl. m., a people of western Asia. =Mardī, ōrum=, pl. m., a powerful, warlike people that dwelt on the southern shore of the Caspian sea. =mare, is=, n., _the sea_. =Margum, ī=, n., a town in Upper Moesia. =Mariānus, a, um=, adj., _belonging_ or _pertaining to Marius_. =maritimus, a, um= [=mare=], adj., _marine_, _maritime_, _on the seashore_. =marītus, ī= [=mās=, _male_], m., _a husband_. =Marius, ī=, m., the name of a family at Rome. 1. _C. Marius_, seven times consul, leader of the democratic party in the Civil war between him and Sulla. See Notes, p. 137. 2. _C. Marius_, son of (1). Consul 82 B.C. 3. _M. Aurēlius Marius_, one of the Thirty Tyrants. =Mārs, Mārtis=, m., the Roman god of war. =Marsī, ōrum=, pl. m., a brave and warlike Sabellian people, who dwelt in the mountains of central Italy. =Mārtius, a, um=, adj., _pertaining to Mars_. =Mārtius, ī=, m., the month of March; usually used as an adj., =Mārtius, a, um=, _agreeing with mēnsis_, _Kalendae_, _Nōnae_, _Īdūs_. =Masinissa, ae=, m., a king of Numidia, an ally of the Romans. =Massilia, ae=, f., a city in Gaul, modern Marseilles. =māter, tris=, f., _mother_. =māternus, a, um= [=māter=], adj., _of a mother_, _mother’s_; _maternal_, _on the mother’s side_. =mātrimōnium, ī= [=māter=], n., _marriage_; pl. _wives_. =mātrōna, ae= [=māter=], f., _a matron_, _woman_. =Mauretania, ae=, f., a district on the northwestern coast of Africa, embracing parts of modern Morocco and Algiers. =Māxentius, ī=, m. _(M. Aurēlius Valerius) Māxentius_, Roman emperor 306-312 A.D. =māximē=, see =magis=. =Māximiānus, ī=, m., 1. _Gālerius (Valerius) Māximiānus_, Roman emperor, 305-311 A.D. 2. _(M. Aurēlius Valerius) Māximiānus_, surnamed =Herculius=, Roman emperor 286-305 A.D. =Māximīnus, ī=, m., 1. _(C. Iūlius Verus) Māximīnus_, Roman emperor 235-238 A.D. 2. _Gālerius (Valerius) Māximīnus_, Roman emperor 305-314 A.D. =Māximus, ī=, m., 1. _Q. Fabius Māximus_, consul six times. 2. _Q. Fabius Māximus_, defeated by the Samnites 292 B.C. 3. _Q. Fabius Māximus (Cunctātor)_, five times consul. =māximus=, see =māgnus=. =Māzaca, ae=, f., a city in Cappadocia, later called _Caesarēa ad Argaeum_ from Mount Argaeus upon which it stood. =medicus, ī= [=medeor=, _to heal_], m., _a physician_, _surgeon_. =medie= [=medius=], adv., _in the middle_, _moderately_, _tolerably_. =medietās, ātis= [=medius=], f., _the middle_, _place in the middle_, _midst_. =mediocris, cre= [=medius=], adj., _common_, _moderate_, _mediocre_.