M macellator = butcher magis = more magister = master magnus = large, great maii = of May major = greater, older majordomus = somebody who keeps a house (and the staff therein) in order of the absent owner of the house (castle or mansion) majorennis = of legal age majoritatatis = of legal age, majority male = badly malus = bad, evil mane = in the morning manu propria = (signed) by one's own hand manuarius = daily worker; unqualified/unskilled worker manus = hand, band maris = of a male, man marita (f); maritus (m) = married for female/ie wife; married for male/ie husband mariti = marriage, married couple martii = of March martis, dies = Tuesday mas. = male, man masculinus = male mater (matris) = mother matertera = aunt, mother's sister matr.(-ina) = godmother matre = mother; parish matrica, matr. = register, record book, church registers / KB's matricula baptizatorum = baptism register matrimonium = marriage matrina = godmother matruelis = cousin on mother's side me = me mecator = merchant, shop-keeper, dealer mecum = with me medicus = doctor medii anii = medium in Latin is middle, at center, half. "medii anii" is "of half a year"; "unius et medii anii" is "of one and half a year" mendicus = beggar mense = in the month (of) mensis = month ( annus, mensis, et dies … year, month, and day ) merc.(ator) = salesman, store owner mercator(es) = merchant(s) mercenarius = daily paid worker, day laborer, servant mercurii, dies = Wednesday meretrix (meretricis) = harlot, prostitute meridies = noon meus = mine mgstor. (abbreviation for magister) = master, foreman miles = soldier/military miles (militis) = soldier, knight miles ablicentiatus = off duty/reservist soldier miles ablicentiatus gregar. = active soldier, on leave just for the wedding miles greg. reserv. = military reservist miles gregarius = ordinary soldier mille = thousand millesimus = thousandth min.(-ister) = priest, minister minorennis = not of legal age minoritatis = of less than legal age, minority minus = less mixtum matrimoniu = mixed race marriage modo = lately, presently, now modus = manner, way Moguntiensi = from the Mainz district mola = mill [stone] mola ventosa = mola is mill stone; ventosa is cupping glass [ie wind mill?] molitor = miller molitorissa = miller's wife; widow of a flour miller molitrix = miller's wife moneta = money mons (montis) = mountain morbus sive aliud genus mortis = disease or other cause of death more novo = (according to) the new style (of dating) more vetere = (according to) the old style (of dating) moritur = he/she died mors, mortis = death mortis = of death mortis causa = cause of death mortis genus = means of death mortua nata (f.), mortuus natus (m.) = stillborn mortus = dead mortuus = death mortuus est = he died mos (moris) = custom, manner mulier = woman, wife multus = many munitus = fortified, provided murarius = bricklayer, stone mason mutuus = mutual, common DISEASES mania = insanity marasmus = weakness, wasting away, deterioration; malnutrition occurring in infants and young children, caused by an insufficient intake of calories or protein and characterized by thinness, dry skin, poor muscle development, and irritability. Specific causes were associated with specific ages: in infants under 12 months old, the causes were believed to be unsuitable food, chronic vomiting, chronic diarrhea, and inherited syphilis. Between 1-3 years, marasmus was associated with rickets or cancer. After the age of 3 years, caseous (cheeselike) enlargement of the mesenteric glands (located in the peritoneal fold attaching the small intestine to the body wall) became a given cause of wasting. After the 6 year, chronic pulmonary tuberculosis appeared to be the major cause. Marasmus is now considered to be related to kwashiorkor, a severe protein deficiency marasmus iuvenilis = marasmus/weakness; progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition; malnutrition occurring in infants and young children caused by an insufficient intake of food. This is starvation rather than disease caused by a specific deficiency in the diet like insufficient protein or vitamin deficiency. In the past it may mean failure to thrive or any wasting illness such as tuberculosis or cancer; iuvenis/young man, young woman, young person; so, "child weakness" marasmus senilis = weakness/weak with(due) age meningitis = inflammation of the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, caused by a bacterial or viral infection and characterized high fever, severe headache, and stiff neck or back muscles. metritis = inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge miasma = poisonous vapors thought to infect the air mielitis = inflammation of the spine miocarditis = inflammation of heart muscles morbili = measles morbus = disease (often meant "cause of death"); illness. When applied to a particular disease, morbus was associated with some qualifying adjective or noun, indicating the nature or seat of such disease. Examples: morbus cordis/heart disease; morbus caducus/epilepsy or failing sickness morbus comitialis = epilepsy morbus hungaricus = epidemic typhus