mĕrĭtus P. a. merkēdŏnĭus Mermĕros one of the Centaurs present at the wedding of Pirithoüs Mermessĭus adj., of; belonging to the city of Mermessus, in Phrygia, Mermessian Mĕro the wine-bibber mĕrōbĭbus adj. that drinks wine unmixed Mĕrŏē a large and celebrated island of the Nile, in Ethiopia; Atbar; adj., of; belong… mĕrŏis a plant growing in Meroë Mĕrŏpē the mythic name of several persons; A daughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the… Mĕrops A king of Ethiopia, husband of Clymene, and reputed to be the father of Phaëtho… mĕrops a bird that devours bees;; the bee-eater mĕrōsus adj. pure, unmixed mersĭo a dipping in, immersion mersĭto v. freq. a. to dip in, immerse merso v. freq. a. to dip in, immerse; to overwhelm; to set Mersūra mersus merthryx merto v. freq. a. to immerse, overwhelm mĕrŭla a blackbird, ousel, merle; A fish, the sea-carp; A kind of hydraulic machine th… Mĕrŭla a Roman surname Mĕrŭla a river of Liguria; Arosia mĕrŭlātor a winedrinker mĕrŭlentus adj. drunken, intoxicated Mĕrŭlīnus a Roman surname mĕrŭlus mĕrum mĕrus adj. pure, unmixed, unadulterated; Subst; pure, unmixed wine, wine not mixed with wa… merx goods, wares, commodities, merchandise; a thing; N. cr mĕsa middle; a javelin, with a thong; a poise; bent handle; attached to the middle Mesāpĭa Mesāpĭus Mesāpus mesauloe narrow passages between two rooms; walls mĕsē the middle note, the note Mĕsembrĭa a city in Thrace, on the Black Sea; Missiori; adj., Mesembrian Mĕsēnē the midland, a name of the district of Babylonia mĕses the northnortheast wind, between mĕsŏbrăchys a poetical foot of five syllables, of which only the middle one is short mĕsŏchŏrus one who stands in the middle of a chorus; to lead it, a chorusleader Mĕsŏgītes a sort of wine from Mesogis; Messogis; a mountain of Lydia mĕsŏīdes a musical modulation mĕsŏlăbĭum a mathematical instrument for finding mean proportional lines, a mesolabe mĕsŏleucos A black precious stone with a white stripe; A plant mĕsŏmăcros a poetical foot of five syllables; of which only the middle one is long mĕsŏmĕlas a white precious stone with a black stripe mĕsŏnauta a seaman who ranked between the pilot and the rowers mĕsŏnyctĭus adj. of midnight; subst; midnight; midnight apparition Mĕsŏpŏtămĭa a country of Asia, between the Euphrates and Tigris; Al-Jezireh; Mesopotamian; … mĕsosphaerum a kind of nard with middle-sized leaves mespĭlum A medlar; A medlar-tree mespĭlus a medlar-tree; A medlar Messāla Messālīna The profligate wife of the emperor Claudius, daughter of; The wife of the emper… Messālīnus a Roman surname Messalla a Roman surname in the Messāna A Sicilian city, situated on the strait between Italy and Sicily; Messina; Anot… Messānĭus Messānĭus Messāpĭa the old name of a part of Lower Italy; adj., of; belonging to Messapia, Messapi… Messāpus a mythic prince in Messapia Messēis a fountain in Thessaly; adj., of; belonging to the fountain Messēis Messēnē the capital of Messenia, in the Peloponnesus, on the river Pamisos; Maura-Matia… Messĭa the goddess of reaping Messĭa Silva a wooded hill on the right bank of the Tiber, south-west of Veii Messīas the Messiah, Christ messĭo a reaping messis a reaping and ingathering of the fruits of the earth, a harvest; harvest; The h… messor a reaper; reaper of men messōrĭus adj. belonging to a reaper messŭārĭus belonging to reapers messūra a reaping messus Mestria a Roman surname Mestriānus a Roman surname met self mēta any mark at a boundary; limit; The conical columns set in the ground at each en… mĕtăbŏlē the transition to another key; set of tones Mĕtăbus A king of the Volsci, father of Camilla; A son of Sisyphus, the founder of Meta… mĕtăcismus a frequent repetition of the letter; the pronunciation of; at the close of a wo… Mĕtăgōgeu͡s he who leads around; Mĕtăgon the name of a dog Metalces one of the fifty sons of Ægyptus, slain by his wife Cleopatra metălepsis in rhetoric, the use of one word for another which it suggests by association mētālis adj. conical; conically mĕtallārĭus a man; a woman that works in a mine, a miner mĕtallĭcus adj. belonging to metal, metallic; Subst; A digger of metals, a mine-digger, miner; … mĕtallĭfer adj. yielding; abounding in metal, metalliferous Metallinensis adj. belonging to the town of Metallinum; Metallinian mĕtallum a mine; quarry; the place where metals are dug, a mine; that a tax was raised f… mĕtămĕlos repentance mĕtămorphōsis a transformation, metamorphosis;; the Metamorphoses, a well-known poem of Ovid; mĕtănoea repentance mĕtaphŏra a rhetorical figure, metaphor, a transferring of a word from its proper signifi… mĕtaphŏrĭcē adv. metaphorically, figuratively mĕtăphrĕnum the upper part of the spine Mĕtăpīnus Metapinic mĕtaplasmus a grammatical change, irregularity, metaplasm mĕtaplastĭcōs adv. metaplastically, by the use of metaplasm Mĕtăpontīnus