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Definitions and meaning of magus

magus

Etymology

From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see Μάγος for details). Doublet of mage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪɡəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪɡəs

Noun

magus (plural magi or (rare) maguses)

1. A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
2. (Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.

Usage notes

The two meanings overlap in classical usage – both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of “Zoroaster” as the “inventor” of astrology and magic.

Derived terms

• animagus
• archimagus, archmagus

Related terms

• Magi

Translations

Anagrams

• gaums, sagum

Estonian

Etymology

From magu +‎ -s, an archaic word meaning "taste", "flavour".

Adjective

magus (genitive magusa, partitive magusat, comparative magusam, superlative kõige magusam)

1. sweet (taste)

Declension

Derived terms

• magustama
• magustoit

Gothic

Romanization

magus

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see Μάγος (Mágos) for details).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡus/, [ˈmäɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡus/, [ˈmäːɡus]

Adjective

magus (feminine maga, neuter magum); first/second-declension adjective

1. magic, magical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

magus m (genitive magī); second declension

1. magus (Zoroastrian priest)
2. (figuratively) magician, wizard, (derogatory) sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• maga

Related terms

• magicus

Descendants

• → Dutch: magiër
• → English: Magi, mage, magus
• French: mage
• → Hungarian: mágus
• Italian: mago
• Piedmontese: mago
• Portuguese: mago
• Romanian: mag
• → Spanish: mago
  • → Cebuano: mago

References

• “magus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “magus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• magus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• magus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “magus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray