The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

❧ M, ANTE E.

• MEapte, myne owne.
• Meatus, tus, a passage, a waye.
• Mecastor, a fourme of swearynge, as who sayth, so Castor helpe me.
• Mechanicus, a craftes manne.
• Mechanica ars, a handy crafte.
• Mecoenas, aris, minion to Augustus the em∣perour, and bicause he was the supporter of great lerned men, all fauourers and suc¦courers of lerned men be so called.
• Meconis, a kynde of letuse, which causeth a man to slepe.
• Mecon, in greke, is popye in englyshe.
• Mecū, with me. Mecū facit, it maketh for my purpose. Mecū sentit, he is of min opinion.
• Medea, wyfe vnto Iason, a witche and cru∣elle womanne.
• Medela, remedy by medicine.
• Mederga, for erga, towarde me.
• Medeor, eris, eri, to heale or cure.
• Media, a region in Asia.
• Media vocabula, wordes whiche maye be taken in a good or ylle parte, as tempestas whiche signifieth tempest and tyme, faci∣nus, a notable dede good or ylle, ualitudo, helth, or syckenes, and other lyke.
• Medianus, na, nū, that which is in the midle.
• Mediastinus, a drudge or lubber, which doth in the howse all maner of vyle seruice, as swepe or clense the house, carie wodde to the kytchen, and other like drudgery.* 1.1
• Mediastimus, a, um, the myddelmoste.
• Mediastrinus, the seruant, whiche hath the rule of the hous vnder his maister.
• Medica, an herbe, whiche specially noury∣sheth horses, and ones beinge sowen, efte¦sones springeth ten yeres continually, and commonly it is called Sylla.
• Medibile, in state to be healed, curable.
• Medicabilis, le, curable.
• Medicamentarius, a phisycion.
• Medicamentarius, a, um, pertaynyng to me∣dicyne.
• Medicina, medicamen, medicamētum, a me∣dicine. sometyme it sygnifieth poyson.
• Medicinalis, le, medicynable.
• Medico, & medicor, aris, ari, to hele or cure.
• Medicus, a phisytion.
• Medicus, ca, cum, pertaining to phisike.
• Medimnus, a certayn measure of corne, cō∣taynynge syxe tymes the measure callyd modius. Vide modium.
• Mediocris, dlocre, measurable, in a meane, moderate.
• Mediocritas, tatis, a meane.
• Mediolanum, the chiefe citie of Lombar∣dy, callyd Myllayne.
• Medioximus, a, um, meane, or in the middes
• Medipontus, an instrumente, wherwith ro∣pes are made.
• Meditabundus, cerefull, studiouse.
• Meditarise, to exercise hym selfe.
• Meditatè, studiousely,* 1.2 perfectelye on the fyngers endes.
• Meditatio, a thynkynge or dyuysynge in thought. also an exercise, aswell of minde, as of bodye.
• Meditatorius, a, um, whyche belongethe to medytation.
• Mediterraneus, in the myddel of the lande, and furthest from the see.
• Meditor, aris, ari, to thynke deepely, and in thynkynge to fynde out, to purpose, to lay snares, to synge or playe swetely.
• Meditrina, the goddesse of phisyke.
• Meditrinalia, ceremonyes vsed by theym, whyche dranke muste or newe wyne.
• Meditullium, the myddell.
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• Medius, a, um, the myddes equally distant from the extremytes. sometyme meane.
• Medium commune, amonge all.
• Medius, a meane or mediatour betwene .ii. menne.
• Medius fidius, an othe, whiche althoughe somtyme it had a nother signification, yet may it nowe in a commune fourme of spe∣kynge be vsed in this wise, by the faythe of my body: sens Dius for Iupiter, and fi∣dius for filius, be nowe out of vse.
• Meduacus, a Ryuer aboute Venyce, called nowe Brent.
• Medulla, marowe, whiche is in bones.
• * 1.3Medullo, are, to take out marowe, somtime to expresse vtterly. Narraiam rem nobis omnem, ati{que} emedulla, Tell and expresse vtterly to vs all the hole matter.
• Medullitus, innerly into the marowe.
• Medusa, a lady, of whom fables do report, that her heares by Minerua were tourned in to adders, and they which behelde her were tourned into stones: whom Perseus afterward slewe. she is somtyme taken for one of the furtes of hell.
• Melansilium, a certayne weapon to throwe.
• Maegabizi, priestes of Diana, whiche alway were gelded.
• Megaera, a furie or turmentour of hel, whi∣che Paynyms supposed dyd prouoke and ••••ere men to woodnes.
• Megalesia, the festiual day, dedicate to Cy∣bele, called the mother of goddes among Paynyms.
• Megalenses, & megalesia, playes to the ho∣nour of Cybele.
• Megalium, a swete oyntement.
• Megalop••epeia, an honourable facyon in gyuynge or imployeng of great thynges, whych besemeth a man of great courage.
• Megaloprepes, he that doth great thinges accordynge to his dignitie.
• Megara, a Cytie belongynge to Athenes. It was also the name of oone of Hercu∣les wyues.
• Megaris, idis, a countrey in Achaia.
• Megistanes, whome we doo calle nobles or pieres of the realme.
• Meherclè, an othe sworne by Hercules.
• Meio, iere, to pysse.
• Mel, mel is, hony.
• Mellene, a citie in Arcadia.
• Melampus, a mannes name.
• Melamphyllon, an herbe.
• Melancholia, melancolye.
• Melancoryphus, a byrde called a fynche.
• Melanthia, an herbe called also Nigella.
• Melamirus, a fyshe hauynge a blacke taile.
• * 1.4Melandria, the leane partes of the fishe cal∣led Tunny.
• Melculum, a wanton worde spoken by lo∣uers vnto their paramours, my litel hony.
• Meleagrides, byrdes, whiche we doo calle hennes of Genny.
• Melegina, an yle in the Venecian see.
• Melenetus, a kynde of faukons very lytell of body, black and puissant, which haun∣teth mountaynes, and feedeth her byrdes alone, a merlyon as I suppose.
• Maelibeus, a shepardes name.
• Meliboea, a citie in Thessaly.
• Meliceris, idis, a soore or skalle in the heed lyke a hony combe, out of the whiche co∣meth an humour lyke hony.
• Melicraton, wyne & hony sodden togither.
• Melicerta, whome the gentyls dyd honour for one of the goddes of the see.
• Melicus, a musycyan.
• Melilotos, an herbe called melilote.
• Melimela, swete appulles.
• Melina, a swete shalme.
• Melinus, na, num, whyte russette, or a gyn∣ger coloure.
• Melioresco, scere, to be better.
• Melipecta, meates made with honye.
• Melis, seu melius, a beaste called a graye, a brocke, or a badger.
• Melisphillon, smallache.
• Melissa, a woman, who with her syster A∣malthea, nourysshed Iupyter. It is also an herbe, commonly called baume.
• Melite, siue melita, an Ile lyeng betwene I∣taly and Epirus. Also a citie made by the Carthaginensis.
• Melitites, a drynke made of hony and must, or newe wyne.
• Mellitones, places where bees be norished.
• Melitaei canes, & melitenses, were praty lit∣tel houndes, in the which ladies toke ple∣sure and delyte, whiche were brought out of the sayde yle of Melite.
• Melites, a precyous stone of the colour of an orenge.
• Melissus, the name of hym, whiche dydde fyrst sacrifice vnto ydolles. also the name of an auuncient philosopher.
• Mellium, a dogges coler.
• Mellarius, a hony man, or sellar of hony.
• Mellarius, a, um, of honye.
• Mellatio, the tyme of driuynge of hyues, whan hony is taken out.
• Mellanū, new must, wherin hony is sodden.
• Mellifico, care, to make hony.
• Mellificatio, makynge of honye.
• ...Mellificum, idem.
• Mellifluus, a, um, swete as honye.
• Melligo, ginis, a mell dewe, whiche falleth on leaues of trees, and somtime on corne.
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• Melliloquus, a sweete speaker.
• Melilla, my hony, my sweetynge, a worde of wanton dalyers.
• Mellisones, they which doo practyse dres∣synge of honye.
• Melliturgus, a warker or maker of hony.
• Mellitus, a, um, myxte with honye.
• Melitus, the name of hym, whiche accused Socrates.
• Melizonum, a confection made with honye clarifyed.
• * 1.5Melleus, a, um, of hony. also swete, as Vox mellea, a swete voyce.
• Mellica, a kynde of poulse, of the coloure of redde, of the fourme of Mylle.
• Melo, a ryuer callyd also Geon.
• Melodia, melodye.
• Melodes, he that syngeth cunnyngely, and swetely.
• Meloessa, an yle by Sicile, in the whyche was great plenty of shepe.
• Melomeli, whan apples, very rype & fayre, be conserued in hony.
• Mellonia, uel Melona, callyd the goddesse of honye.
• Melos, odis, melodye, armonye.
• Melora, & melote, a shepes felle or skynne.
• Melpomene, one of the nyne Musis.
• Membrana, parchement or velume, wherin men do write, also the ouermoste skynne of any thynge.
• Membrosus, a, um, hauyng a great membre.
• Membraneus, a, um, the par hemente or velume.
• Membranulum, a small membre.
• Membrare, to fourme membres.
• Membratim, by euery membre.
• Mēbratura, the setting or order of mēbres.
• Membrum, a membre.
• Memet, my selfe.
• Memini, I remembre.
• Memerylus, a lyttel tree lyke a citron tree.
• Mēnon, the sonne of Thiton, whiche came to the ayde of the Troyans.
• Mēnoniae aues, byrdes, which were suppo∣sed to growe of the ashes of Mēnon.
• Memor, oris, he that remembreth.
• Memorabilis, le, worthy remembraunce.
• Memoratus, tus, et Memoratio, a remem∣brynge.
• Memoria, memory, remembraunce.
• Memoriale, a thynge, whiche shulde be re∣membred.
• Memoriosus, he that hath a good memory.
• Memoriter, parfitely by hart, or with good remembraunce.
• Memoro, are, to remembre, somtyme to tel, or expounde, to recite or reherse.
• Memphis, a great citie in Egipt.
• Memphiticus, of that citie.
• ...Memphe, idem.
• Mena, a lyttell fyshe, blacke in semer, and white in wynter.
• Menechmi, the name of a comedy of Plaut.
• Menalippa, quene of Amazon, whom Her∣cules vaynquished.
• Menapij, people of the coūtrey called Gel∣larlande, or Gylderlande.
• Menander, a famouse poete, a wryter of co∣medies.
• Menaria, an Ile in the see betwene Car∣thage and Sicile.
• Menceps, he or she, whiche is oute of her wytte.
• Menda, et Mendum, a faulte or vice in wry∣tynge.
• Mendarium, a lye.
• Mendaculum, a lyttell fault or lye.
• Mendax, acis, a lyar.
• Mendicabulum, beggynge.
• Mendaciloquus, a teller of lyes.
• Mendicitas, tatis, et Mēdicimoniū, beggery.
• Mendico, are, to begge.
• Mendicula, a certayne vesture.
• Mendicus, a beggar.
• Mendix, an offyce amonge the olde Italy∣ans called Osci.
• Meneletus, a byrde lyke to a small egle.
• Memana aedificia, buyldynge outewarde in prospectes or galeries.
• Menix, an Ile agaynst the lasse Affrica.
• Mens, tis, the hyghest and chiefe parte of the mynde.
• Mensa, a table or bourd to eate on. somtime dyner or soupper.
• Mensarius, the banker or exchaungeour, of whom men do borow money vpon gayne, called exchaunge.
• Mensio, a measure.
• Mensis, a moneth.
• Menstrualis, & menstruus, a, um, pertaynyng to a monethe.
• Menstruatus, ta, tum, that which hath flou∣res lyke to women
• Menstruum, a womans naturall purgation called floures.
• Menstruus, a, um, that whiche hapneth e∣uery moneth.
• Mensura, a measure.
• Mensurnus, a, um, monthly.
• Menta, et Mentula, the preuye membre of a manne.
• Mentagra, a dyssease, whiche couereth all the face with a skurfe.
• Mente captus, a madde manne.
• Mentha, an herbe called mynte.
• Menthastrum, wylde mynte.
• Mentibor, for mentiar, I shall make a lye.* 1.6
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• Mentigo, a dyssease, whiche infectith bea∣stes with scabbes aboute theyr mouthes and lyppes.
• Mentior, iris, iri, to lye.
• Mentoas, the famous ryuer, whiche is now called Danubius.
• Mentor, an excellent grauour of vessel.
• Mentum, a chynne.
• Menus, a riuer in Germany.
• Meo, are, to go, to flowe.
• * 1.7Meo nomine, for my cause, on my behalfe.
• Mephiucus, ca, cum, stynkynge.
• Meatus, condutes or ways, wherby any hu∣mour floweth.
• Mephitis, a stenche or yl sauour, which pro∣cedeth of corrupt water or licour, mixt with erthe.
• Meopte ingenio, by myn owne wytte.
• Meracus, ca, cum, et Merax, racis, pure with∣out any mixture.
• Vinum meracum, wyne without any water.
• Mercalis, le, Vendible, or that, which maye be bought.
• Mercator▪ oris, euery byar, a marchaunt.
• Mercatura, the feate of marchaundyse.
• Mercatus, tus, the act of byinge.
• Mercatus, ti, a market, or fayre.
• Mercatus, ta, tum, bought.
• Mercenarius, an hyred seruaunt.
• Mercenarius, a, um, that whiche maye be hyred.
• Merces, cis, marchaundise, ware, chaffer.
• Merces, cedis, wages, the reward of labour or seruice.
• Mercimonium, that whiche is tourned in byenge and sellynge.
• Mercor, aris, ari, to bye for to sel for gaynes. sometymes to bie generally.
• Mercurialis, an herbe called mercury.
• Mercurius, was of the paynimes called god of Eloquence, and messager of Iupiter, it is the name of one of the seuen planettes.
• Merda, the excrement or ordure of a man or beaste.
• Merdo, are, to expell or cure.
• Merenda, meate eaten at after noone, a col∣lataion, a none m••le.
• Mereo, ere, et Mereor, eri, to take wages, to deserue, to exercise a vile occupation. Me∣reor bene de te, I do somewhat for the, I d••serue to haue the my frende, or to haue thy fauour. Male mereor de te, I doo the displeasure, I do yll deserue thy fauour. Also Merere, to serue in warres. Merere stipendia, to take wagis as a souldyour, or to be a souldiour.
• * 1.8Meretricié, hoorishely.
• Meretricius, hooredome, or brothelry.
• Meretricium, a, ū, perteyning to brothelry.
• Meretricor, aris, ari, to lyue in brothelry, to playe the harlote.
• Meré, purely.
• Meretrix, icis, an harlot, or brothell.
• Mergae, pitcheforkes for to take vp sheues.
• Mergites, gripes of corne.
• Mergi, vines, or other small trees, whiche ar bowed and haue the toppes bowe wise tourned and set into the erthe.
• Mergo, si, gere, to drowne in the water.
• Mergulus, an instrument where the matche of a lampe is conteyned.
• Mergus, goris, a bukket to drawe vp water.
• Mergus, gi, a waterfoule called a dyue dop∣par, some do call it a foule of the see lyke to a gull, whiche dyueth vnder the water to take fishe.
• Meribibulus, he that drynketh moch wyne without water.
• Meridies, noonetyde.
• Meridianus, a, um, perteynyng to none.
• Meridio, are, et Meridior, ari, to dyne, to eate meate at noone, to slepe at none.
• Meridiatio, noone reste.
• Merismos, a fygure called also dystributio, wherby the oration is distributed into sō∣dry sentences.
• Meritò, worthily, with good cause.
• Merito, are, to be worthye, also to serue in warres.
• Meritorius, a, um, that whiche is let or sette for aduantage.
• Meritoria taberna, a house wherinto a man is receyued for his money.
• Meritoria, howses or shoppes let to hyre.
• Meritum, a benefite, a deserte good or ylle.
• Meritus, ta, tum, deserued, conuenient.
• Meritus, a mountayne in the thirde part of Europa beyonde Grece.
• Meroe, an yle on the great ryuer of Nilus in Egipte.
• Mero, was in scorne the name of Nero, bi∣cause he was so great a drynker of wyne.
• Merobiba, she that drynkethe wyne with∣out water.
• Merops, a byrde which doth eate bees.
• Meroctes, a lyttell stone of the coloure of leekes, whiche sweateth a lyckour lyke to mylke.
• Meropes, men of dyuers languages.
• Meropus, a moūtain in Grece by Thessaly.
• Meros, a hylle of Inde, at the foote wher∣of is the citie callyd Nisa.
• Merso, are, to drowne often.
• ...Merto, idem.
• Merula, a byrde.
• Merum, wyne vnlayde, without water.
• Merus, a, um, soole, mere, pure.
• Merx, cis, one kynd of marchandyse.
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• Mesa, a ryuer whiche runneth by Braband and the lande of Luke and Gellar, called the Mase.
• Mesapia, a countrey called also Apulia.
• Mesauli, entrees betwene the haule and the parlour.
• Mesia, a Countrey ioynynge to Hungrye, Myse.
• Mesochorus, he that plaieth on a flute or o∣ther pype in the myddes of the daunsers.
• * 1.9Mesonauta, a drudge in a shyppe, or a shyp page, whiche dothe all vyle seruice in the shyppe.
• Mesoleucos, a preciouse stone, blacke, ha∣uynge a whyte strake in the myddes.
• Mesomelas, a whyte stone, hauyng a blacke lyne in the myddes.
• Mesonyxion, midnyght.
• Mesopotamia, a countreye lyinge betwene the two greatte ryuers Euphrates, and Tigris.
• Mespilus a medlar tree.
• Mespilum, a fruite called a medlar.
• Messala, a noble oratour of Rome.
• Messalina, wyfe to the emperour Claudius a woman of vnsaciable lechery.
• Messana, a citie in Sicile.
• Messene, a citie in Grece.
• Messias, Christe.
• Messis, haruest, sometyme it sygnifieth the corne or the grapes newe mowen or ga∣thered.
• Messio, onis, a reapynge
• Messor, oris, a reaper.
• Messorius, messoria, rium, perteynynge to reapynge.
• Meta, a but, or pricke to shote at, somtyme a marke or gowle in the felde, where vnto men or horses do runne, somtyme a boūde in landes. Also a reyke of corne or heye, also the lower part of a myll.
• Meta lactis, a Chese.
• Metabasis, a passage.
• Metabole, chaunge.
• Metagonium, a promontory or mountayne lyinge into the see, whiche diuideth Affri∣ca fro Numidia.
• Metalepsis, a fygure, whereby a worde is put from his commune signification.
• Mettalli, hyred souldiours.
• Metallici, they which do dygge and warke mettall out of the mynes, wherin mettall is founde.
• Metallum, mettalle.
• Metamorphosis, cos, a transformation or chaungynge of fygure.
• Metaphora, a translation of wordes frome their propre sygnifycation.
• Metaplasmus, a fygure callyd transforma∣tion. It is a translatyng of wordes being in prose into a fourme of meter, eyther for necessitie, or to augmente the elegancye.
• Metapontū, a citie in the realme of Naples.
• Metempsychosis, the transposyng of soules after the opinion of the Pythagoriens, out of one body into an other body.
• Metathesis, where one letter is transposed from one place in a worde into an nother as Tymber Tymbre.
• Metaurus, et metaurum, a ryuer of Vmbria, whiche runneth into Flaminia.
• Metellus, the propre name of dyuers noble Romaynes.
• Meteoria, speculation in high thynges.
• Meteorologus, he that is studious in suche speculation.
• Meteora, are bokes of Aristotle, wherin he treateth of sterres, and suche other cele∣stiall thynges.
• Meteoroscopus, a beholder of high thingis
• Methodus, a compendious or redy way, or a rule certayne to lerne by any science.
• Metonymia, a fygure called denomination, as Bacchus for wyne, Venus for lechery, Cupido for loue.
• Methymna, a citie in the yle of Lesboe.
• Meticulosus, temerouse or fearefull.
• Metior, tiris, tiri, to mete or measure, to giue by measure, to passe ouer.
• Meto, messui, metere, to reape.
• Metona, a towne in Grece called Modon.
• Metor, aris, ari, to sette boundes, to mea∣sure lande, to dispose.
• Metopion, oyle of almondes, also a tree in Affrica, whiche destylleth downe gumme lyke to rosyn.
• Metoposcopus, he that consydereth a mās face, and therby iudgeth his condycions or affectes.
• Metreta, a measure for lyckour, whiche is also called Amphora, and contayned eue∣ry way square one foote.
• Metropolis, the chiefe citie.
• Metropolitanus, a man of that citie.
• Metropolites, the bishop of the chiefe citie.
• Metrum, a verse.
• Metuo, tui, tuere, to feare or dreade with tremblynge.
• Metus, tus, feare, drede.
• Metys, the refuse, of waxe.
• Meu, an herbe.
• Meuani••, a citie in the part of Italy, callyd Vmbria, wherein Propertius the poete was borne.
• Meneuia, a citie in wales called saint Dauid.
• Meus, a, meum, myne.
• Meum est, it is my duetie or my parte.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Budeus.
• * 1.2

  Plautus in ••tich. in Bacch,
• * 1.3

  Plaut.
• * 1.4

  Plini.
• * 1.5

  Apitius.
• * 1.6

  Plaut.
• * 1.7

  Sidonius.
• * 1.8

  Plautus in ••ilite.
• * 1.9

  ••udeus.