=Mediōlānum, ī=, n., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, modern Milan. =medius, a, um=, adj., _in the middle_, _middle_, _midst of_; as subst., =medium, ī=, n., _middle_, _midst_, _space between_. =melior=, see =bonus=. =melius=, see =bene=. =Memmius, ī=, m., _L. Memmius_, consul 151 B.C. =memorābilis, e= [=memorō=, _to bring to mind_], adj., _worth telling_, _remarkable_. =memoria, ae= [=memor=, _mindful_], f., _memory_; _report_, _record_, _time_, _age_. =mēns, mentis=, f., _the mind_; _disposition_; _reason_. =mēnsis, is=, m., _a month_. =mentiō, ōnis=, f., _mention_. =mentum, ī=, n., _the chin_. =mereō, ēre, uī, itus=, _to get_, _earn_, _deserve_; _serve_. =mergō, ere, mersī, mersus=, _to dip_, _plunge_, _sink_. =dē--dēmergō, ere, mersī, mersus=, _to sink_. =meritō= [=meritum=, _desert_], adv., _deservedly_, _justly_. =Mesopotamia, ae=, f., _Mesopotamia_, a division of Asia between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. =Messāla, ae=, m., _M. (M’.) Valerius (Messāla)_, consul 263 B.C. =Messēniī, ōrum=, pl. m., _the inhabitants of Messēnē_, an island in the Tigris river. =-met=, an intensive enclitic particle, _self_. =Metellus, ī=, m., the name of a prominent family at Rome. 1. _C. Caecilius Metellus_, consul 113 B.C. 2. _L. Caecilius Metellus_, consul 251 B.C. 3. _L. Caecilius Metellus_, consul 123 B.C. 4. _(Q. Caecilius) Metellus Macedonicus_, consul 143 B.C. 5. _Q. Caecilius Metellus (Numidicus)_, consul 109 B.C. 6. _Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus_, consul 69 B.C. 7. _L. (Caecilius) Metellus_, carried on war against Mithradates. 8. _M. (Caecilius) Metellus._ =metus, ūs=, m., _fear_, _dread_. =Micipsa, ae=, m., king of Numidia, the eldest of the sons of Masinissa. =migrō, āre, āvī, ātus=, _to migrate_, _remove_. =mīles, itis=, m. and f., _a soldier_. =mīliārium, ī=, n., _a milestone_, _mile_. =mīlitāris, e= [=mīles=], adj., _military_; as subst., _a soldier_; =rēs mīlitāris=, _the art of war_, _military operations_. =mīlitia, ae= [=mīles=], f., _military service_. =mīlitō, āre, āvī, ātus= [=mīles=], _to be a soldier_, _wage war_. =mīlle=, indecl. num. adj., _a thousand_; as subst. with part. gen., =mīlia, um=, pl. n., _thousand_, _thousands_. =mīllēsimus, a, um= [=mīlle=], num. adj., _thousandth_. =mināx, ācis= [=minor=, _to threaten_], adj., _threatening_. =minimē=, see =parum=. =minimus=, see =parvus=. =minister, trī=, m., _an attendant_, _servant_. =minor, us=, see =parvus=. =Minucius, ī=, m., the name of a Roman gens. See =Rūfus=. =minuō, ere, ī, ūtus= [=minus=], _to make small_, _diminish_, _reduce_. =dē--dēminuō, ere, ī, ūtus=, _to make smaller_, _lessen_, _diminish_. =minus=, adv., see =parum=. =mīrābilis, e= [=mīror=], adj., _wonderful_. =mīror, ārī, ātus sum=, _to wonder at_, _be astonished_. =ad--admīror, ārī, ātus sum=, _to wonder at_, _admire_. =Mithradātēs, is=, m., surnamed the Great, king of Pontus 120-63 B.C. =Mithradāticus, a, um=, adj., _pertaining to Mithradātēs_.