majorennis – of legal age
majores – ancestors
mane – in the morning
manu propria – (signed) in one’s own hand
marita – wife
maritus – husband
mater – mother
mater meretrix – mother of illegitimate child
matertera – maternal aunt
matrimonium – marriage
mensis – month
mense – in the month (of)
meridies – noon
minimus/a natu – youngest
meus/a/um – my, mine
morbus – disease
post longum morbum – after a long illness
mors – death
mortis – of death
mortuus/a/um – dead, deceased
mortuus/a est – he/she died
mulier – woman, wife
mutuo consensu – by mutual consent
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