magis

See also: Magis.

Latin

Alternative forms

• mage

Etymology

Synchronically, comparative of magnopere (“much, greatly”), adverbial form of magnus (“big, great”), built from its root + Proto-Indo-European *-is, zero-grade of *-yōs. Full grade in maior/maius.

Diachronically from Proto-Italic *magis, from Proto-Indo-European m̥ǵh₂-is from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡis/, [ˈmäɡɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.d͡ʒis/, [ˈmäːd͡ʒis]

• Audio (classical):

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Adverb

magis (not comparable)

1. more

   eo magis ― all the more

   ac magis ― but rather

   magis magisque (or) et magis ― more and more

2. more greatly
3. better
4. rather

Derived terms

• magister
• māvolō / mālō

Descendants

• Aromanian: ma
• Asturian: más
• Catalan: més (“more”), mai (“never”)
• Dalmatian: mui
• Franco-Provençal: mas (“but”), més (“more”)
• French: mais
• Friulian: masse (“too much”), mai (“never”), ma (“but”)
• Galician: máis (“more”), mais (“but”)
• Greek: μα (ma, “but”)
• Istriot: mai
• Italian: mai, ma (“but”)
• Neapolitan: ma, maje
• Occitan: mai
• Portuguese: mais (“more”), mas (“but”)
• Romanian: mai
• Sardinian: mai, mas (“but”) (Old Sardinian)
  • Sardinian: mai, ma (“but”)
• Serbo-Croatian: ma
• Sicilian: mai
• Spanish: más (“more”), mas (“but”)

References

• “magis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “magis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magis 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)
• magis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • immorality is daily gaining ground: mores in dies magis labuntur (also with ad, e.g. ad mollitiem)
    
• magis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

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Middle English

Noun

magis pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of mages