μαγεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάγος (mágos) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡěː.aː/ → /maˈʝi.a/ → /maˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈʝi.a/

Noun

μᾰγείᾱ • (măgeíā) f (genitive μᾰγείᾱς); first declension

1. theology of the Magians
2. (Koine) magic, sorcery

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾰγείᾱ; τῆς μᾰγείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰγείᾱ hē măgeíā	αἱ μᾰγεῖαι hai măgeîai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰγείᾱς tês măgeíās	τῶν μᾰγειῶν tôn măgeiôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰγείᾳ tēî măgeíāi	ταῖς μᾰγείαις taîs măgeíais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰγείᾱν tḕn măgeíān	τᾱ̀ς μᾰγείᾱς tā̀s măgeíās
Vocative	μᾰγείᾱ măgeíā	μᾰγεῖαι măgeîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μαγεία (mageía), μάγια (mágia)
• → Coptic: ⲙⲁⲅⲓⲁ (magia)
• → Georgian: მაგია (magia)
• → Late Latin: magīa (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: ма́гия (mágija)
• → Ukrainian: ма́гія (máhija)

Further reading

• μαγεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μαγεία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “μαγεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3095 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαγείᾱ (mageíā), equivalent of μάγος (mágos) +‎ -εία (-eía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝi.a/
• Hyphenation: μα‧γεί‧α

Noun

μαγεία • (mageía) f (plural μαγείες)

1. magic, sorcery, witchcraft

Declension

Declension of μαγεία

	singular	plural
nominative	μαγεία (mageía)	μαγείες (mageíes)
genitive	μαγείας (mageías)	μαγειών (mageión)
accusative	μαγεία (mageía)	μαγείες (mageíes)
vocative	μαγεία (mageía)	μαγείες (mageíes)

Related terms

see: μάγος (mágos)

See also

• μαγεία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el