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Dictionary of Latin Expressions & Phrases: M

mirabile dictu
Wonderful to relate

mirabile visu
Wonderful to see

male sanus (male sana)
Mad/inspired

mendacem memorem esse oportet
It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory
(liars should have good memories)

mens sana in corpore sano
A sound mind in a sound body

minima maxima sunt
The smallest things are most important.

morituri te salutamus
We who are about to die salute you.

magnum opus
A great work

male fide
With bad faith treacherously

mea culpa
By my own fault

memento mori
Remember that you will die

meo periculo
At my own risk

meum et tuum
Mine and thine

modus operandi
Plan of working

modus vivendi
A way of living

multum in parvo
Much in little (present standard for the pug dog breed includes this phrase)

mutatis mutandis
With necessary changes

mutantur omnia nos et mutamur in illis
All things change, and we change with them.