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magistrates indicat virum 198
magistratus indicat virum [L], office shows the man.
magna civitas, magna solitudo [L], a great city (is) a great solitude.
magna cum laude [L], with great praise (or distinction): used esp. in a
diploma to designate a grade of work higher than cum laude but
lower than summa cum laude.
magnae spes altera Romae [L], another (or a second) hope of mighty
Rome (orig. said of Ascanius, son of Aeneas; hence, used of any
young man of promise): Virgil.
magna est veritas et praevalebit [L], truth is mighty and will prevail.
magna est vis consuetudinis [L], great is the force of habit: Cicero.
magna servitus est magna fortuna [L], a great fortune is a great slavery:
Seneca.
magnas inter opes inops [L], poor amid great riches: Horace.
magni nominis umbra [L], the shadow of a great name: Lucan.
magno conatu magnas nugas [L], by great effort (to obtain) great trifles:
Terence.
magnum bonum [L], a great good.
magnum in parvo [L], a great deal in a small space.
magnum opus [L; pi. magna opera], a great work; esp., a great literary
undertaking; author's chief work; masterpiece.
magnum vectigal est parsimonia [L], economy is a great revenue:
Cicero.
magnus ab integro saeculorum nascitur ordo [L], the mighty cycle of
the ages begins its round anew: Virgil.
mahalo [Hawa], thank you.
maharaja [Hind & Skr], lit., great raja or king; Hindu ruling prince:
India.
maharani [Hind], lit., great queen; wife of a maharaja; also, Hindu
ruling princess of a native state: India.
maharishi [Skr]. See RISHI.
mahatma [Skr mahätmari], lit., great-souled; in Buddhism and theosophy,
an expert of the highest order: India.
mahayana [Skr], lit., great vehicle; school of Buddhism.
mahjong [Chin], lit., house sparrow; game played with small tiles: China.
Mahlzeit [Ger], meal. —Mahlzeit! (in full, ich wünsche Ihnen eine
gesegnete Mahlzeit, may your meal be blessed), good digestion! I
hope you have enjoyed your dinner: an expression used in some
parts of Germany at the end of a meal.
maidan [Anglo-Ind], a plain; common; esplanade.
maigre [Fr], meager; lean; scanty; barren; specif., suitable for fast days;
cookery, made without flesh meat or meat juices. —jour maigre, fish
day; fast day. —repas maigre, a fish (or meatless) meal. —soupe
maigre, a thin soup made without meat. —sujet maigre, barren
subject.
main de justice [Fr], hand of justice.