_Magna est veritas, et prævalebit._—The truth is great, and will prevail. _Magni nominis umbra._—The shadow of a great name. _Magnum opus._—A great work. _Magnus Apollo._—Great Apollo; one of high authority. _Maison de ville._—The town-house. _Maître d’hôtel._—An hotel-keeper; a house-steward. _Majordomo_ (Ital. _maiordomo_.)—One who has the management of a household. _Malâ fide._—In bad faith; treacherously. _Mal à propos._—Out of time; unbecoming. _Malaria._—Noxious exhalations. _Malgré._—In spite of. _Malum in se._—Bad in itself. _Mandamus._—We command: a peremptory writ to compel obedience. _Manège._—A riding-school. _Mania a potu._—Madness caused by drunkenness. _Manu forti._—With a strong hand. _Mardi gras._—Shrove-Tuesday. _Mare clausum._—A closed sea; a bay. _Materfamilias._—The mother of a family. _Materia medica._—Substances used in the healing art. _Matinée._—A morning party. _Mauvais goût._—Bad taste. _Mauvais sujet._—A worthless fellow. _Mauvaise honte._—False modesty; bashfulness. _Maximum._—The greatest. _Maximus in minimis._—Very great in trifling things. _Me judice._—I being judge; in my own opinion. _Medio tutissimus ibis._—A medium course will be safest. _Meditatione fugæ._—In contemplation of flight. _Memento mori._—Remember death. _Memorabilia._—Things to be remembered. _Memoriter._—By rote. _Ménage._—Household. _Mens sana in corpore sano._—A sound mind in a sound body. _Metis sibi conscia recti._—A mind conscious of rectitude. _Mensa et thoro._—From bed and board. _Merum sal._—Pure salt; genuine Attic wit. _Meum et tuum._—Mine and thine. _Minimum._—The least. _Minutiæ._—Minute concerns; trifles. _Mirabile dictu._—Wonderful to be told. _Mirabilia._—Wonders. _Mittimus._—We send: a warrant for the commitment of an offender. _Modus operandi._—Manner of operation. _Montani semper liberi._—Mountaineers are always freemen. _Morceau._—A morsel. _More suo._—In his own way. _Mot du guet._—A watchword. _Multum in parvo._—Much in a small space. _Mutanda._—Things to be altered. _Mutatis mutandis._—The necessary changes being made. _Mutato nomine._—The name being changed. _Naïveté._—Ingenuousness; simplicity. _Ne cede malis._—Yield not to misfortune. _Ne exeat._—Let him not depart. _Ne plus ultra._—Nothing further; the uttermost point. _Ne quid nimis._—Not too much of any thing; do nothing to excess. _Ne sutor ultra crepidam._—Let not the shoemaker go beyond his last. _Ne tentes, aut perfice._—Attempt not, or accomplish thoroughly. _Nec pluribus impar._—Not an unequal match for numbers. _Nec scire fas est omnia._—It is not permitted to know all things. _Necessitatis non habet legem._—Necessity has no law.