mago

See also: Mago

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧go

Etymology 1

From Spanish mago, from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos).

Noun

mago

1. the Magi; the wise men that met and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar, but in fact unknown in number)

Etymology 2

Compare mawmag

Noun

mago

1. the Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta)

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Hausa

Noun

mago m (possessed form magon)

1. Cream-colored horse.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡo/

Noun

mago m (plural maghi)

1. magician, wizard
2. fortuneteller
3. conjurer, juggler

Adjective

1. magic

Related terms

• magia
• magico
• magio

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Japanese

Romanization

mago

1. Rōmaji transcription of まご

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) magō

1. dative and ablative singular of magus

References

• mago 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)
• “mago”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mago”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “mago”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɡo/, [ˈmɑ.ɣo]

Noun

mago m

1. Alternative form of magu

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Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *magô, whence also Old Saxon mago, Old English maga, Old Norse magi.

Noun

mago m

1. stomach

Descendants

• Middle High German: mage
  • German: Magen
  • Hunsrik: Maaghe, Maan
  • Luxembourgish: Mo
  • Vilamovian: maoga
  • Yiddish: מאָגן (mogn)
• → Italian: magone
• → Venetian: magon

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• māho (whence modern Mohn)

Noun

mago m

1. poppy

Descendants

• Middle High German: mage

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Portuguese

magos

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese mago, from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos), from .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɣu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡu/
• Hyphenation: ma‧go

Adjective

1. enchanting

Noun

mago m (plural magos)

1. (Christianity, usually capitalized) Magi
2. magician, sorcerer
3. magus

Related terms

• mágico

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos). Cf. also mego.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡo/ [ˈma.ɣ̞o]
• Hyphenation: ma‧go

Adjective

mago (feminine maga, masculine plural magos, feminine plural magas)

1. magician (attributive)

Noun

mago m (plural magos)

1. magician, sorcerer
2. Magi

Derived terms

• archimago

Related terms

• magia
• mágico

Further reading

• “mago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014