1. LATIN NOTES 51-60
ETYMOLOGY

2. LUPUS EST HOMO HOMINI
Man is wolf to man
Man displays predatory behavior to other men (though wolves don’t do this to their own kind)

3. MAGNUM OPUS
A great work
An artist’s finest work

4. MEA CULPA
My fault
Through my fault, I am to blame

5. MEMENTO MORI
Remember to die
A reminder we are to die; a human skull is a memento mori

6. MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO
Sound mind in a sound body
An ideal to strive for; comes from a satire written by the poet Juvenal in 2nd century AD

7. MIRABILE DICTU
Wonderful to tell
Phrase expressing astonishment

8. MIRABILE VISU
Wonderful to see
Companion phrase to mirabile dictu

9. MODUS OPERANDI (m.o.)
Manner of working
Pattern a criminal follows

10. NE PLUS ULTRA
Not more beyond
Nothing better than this; Perfection; Supremacy of a product

11. NIHIL OBSTAT (QUOMINUS IMPRIMATUR)
Nothing inhibits it from being published
Stamped in books after the church okays a book for publication; indicates that book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals