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magnifico

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See also: magnífico, magnificó, and magnificò

English

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Etymology

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From Italian magnifico.[1] Doublet of magnific.

Noun

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magnifico (plural magnificos or magnificoes)

  1. (obsolete) A grandee or nobleman of Venice.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], pages 6–7:
      For be ſure of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloued, / And hath in his effect, a voyce potentiall, / As double as the Dukes, he will diuorce you, / Or put vpon you what reſtraint, and greeuance, That law with all his might to inforce it on, / Weele giue him cable.
    • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
      I know—I've heard—but no wealth of the imagination can ever really quite reconstruct Tupworthy, the shoddy magnifico, in his immense porcine complacency, his monumental self-importance.
  2. (obsolete) A rector of a German university.

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ “magnifico, n. and adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “magnifico”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ifiko
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gnì‧fi‧co

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin magnificus.

Adjective

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magnifico (feminine magnifica, masculine plural magnifici, feminine plural magnifiche)

  1. magnificent
  2. marvellous, wonderful
  3. gorgeous, superb
  4. generous
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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magnifico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of magnificare

Further reading

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  • magnifico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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From magnificus (“noble, august”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming verbs).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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magnificō (present infinitive magnificāre, perfect active magnificāvī, supine magnificātum); first conjugation

  1. to prize, esteem highly
  2. to praise, glorify, or extol
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to magnify

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of magnificō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present magnificō magnificās magnificat magnificāmus magnificātis magnificant
imperfect magnificābam magnificābās magnificābat magnificābāmus magnificābātis magnificābant
future magnificābō magnificābis magnificābit magnificābimus magnificābitis magnificābunt
perfect magnificāvī magnificāvistī magnificāvit magnificāvimus magnificāvistis magnificāvērunt,
magnificāvēre
pluperfect magnificāveram magnificāverās magnificāverat magnificāverāmus magnificāverātis magnificāverant
future perfect magnificāverō magnificāveris magnificāverit magnificāverimus magnificāveritis magnificāverint
passive present magnificor magnificāris,
magnificāre 		magnificātur magnificāmur magnificāminī magnificantur
imperfect magnificābar magnificābāris,
magnificābāre 		magnificābātur magnificābāmur magnificābāminī magnificābantur
future magnificābor magnificāberis,
magnificābere 		magnificābitur magnificābimur magnificābiminī magnificābuntur
perfect magnificātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect magnificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect magnificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present magnificem magnificēs magnificet magnificēmus magnificētis magnificent
imperfect magnificārem magnificārēs magnificāret magnificārēmus magnificārētis magnificārent
perfect magnificāverim magnificāverīs magnificāverit magnificāverīmus magnificāverītis magnificāverint
pluperfect magnificāvissem magnificāvissēs magnificāvisset magnificāvissēmus magnificāvissētis magnificāvissent
passive present magnificer magnificēris,
magnificēre 		magnificētur magnificēmur magnificēminī magnificentur
imperfect magnificārer magnificārēris,
magnificārēre 		magnificārētur magnificārēmur magnificārēminī magnificārentur
perfect magnificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect magnificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — magnificā — — magnificāte —
future — magnificātō magnificātō — magnificātōte magnificantō
passive present — magnificāre — — magnificāminī —
future — magnificātor magnificātor — — magnificantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present magnificāre magnificārī magnificāns —
future magnificātūrum esse magnificātum īrī magnificātūrus magnificandus
perfect magnificāvisse magnificātum esse — magnificātus
future perfect — magnificātum fore — —
perfect potential magnificātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
magnificandī magnificandō magnificandum magnificandō magnificātum magnificātū
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Descendants

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References

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  • “magnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “magnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “magnifico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Verb

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magnifico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of magnificar

Spanish

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Verb

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magnifico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of magnificar
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