magnanimus
Latin
Etymology
From magnus (“big”) + animus (“soul, spirit”), calque of Ancient Greek μεγαλόψυχος (megalópsukhos). Compare pusillanimis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maɡˈna.ni.mus/, [mäŋˈnänɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maɲˈɲa.ni.mus/, [mäɲˈɲäːnimus]
Adjective
magnanimus (feminine magnanima, neuter magnanimum, comparative magis magnanimus, superlative maximē magnanimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | magnanimus | magnanima | magnanimum | magnanimī | magnanimae | magnanima | |
| Genitive | magnanimī | magnanimae | magnanimī | magnanimōrum | magnanimārum | magnanimōrum | |
| Dative | magnanimō | magnanimō | magnanimīs | ||||
| Accusative | magnanimum | magnanimam | magnanimum | magnanimōs | magnanimās | magnanima | |
| Ablative | magnanimō | magnanimā | magnanimō | magnanimīs | |||
| Vocative | magnanime | magnanima | magnanimum | magnanimī | magnanimae | magnanima | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: magnanimous
- French: magnanime
- Italian: magnanimo
- Portuguese: magnânimo
- Spanish: magnánimo
References
- “magnanimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “magnanimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magnanimus 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)
- magnanimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.