magus

See also: mágus

English

Etymology

From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate origin (see Μάγος for details)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪɡəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪɡəs

Noun

magus (plural magi)

1. (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan
2. (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest

Note: the two meanings overlap in classical usage— both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of "Zoroaster" as the "inventor" of astrology and magic. The first meaning ('magician') derives from the sense of "practitioner of the Zoroaster's craft", and the second meaning ('priest') from the sense of "practitioner of Zoroaster's religion".

Translations

magician, mage

• Arabic: مُوغِيّ m (mūḡiyy), مَجُوس m (majūs)
• Armenian: մոգ (hy) (mog)
• Catalan: mag (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魔法师 (zh) (mófǎshī)

• Finnish: maagi (fi)
• French: mage (fr) m
• Georgian: მოგვი (mogvi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: μάγος (el) m (mágos)
• Japanese: 賢者 (けんじゃ, kenja), マグス (magusu)
• Latin: magus m, maga f
• Norwegian: mager (no) m
• Persian: مغ (fa) (moğ)
• Portuguese: mago (pt) m
• Russian: волхв (ru) m (volxv), маг (ru) m (mag), куде́сник (ru) m (kudésnik), волше́бник (ru) m (volšébnik)
• Welsh: magiad m

Zoroastrian priest or astrologer

• Armenian: մոգ (hy) (mog)
• Catalan: mag (ca) m
• French: mage (fr) m
• Norwegian: mager (no) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: مغ (fa) (moğ)
• Portuguese: mago (pt) m
• Swedish: mager (sv) c, magier c

Anagrams

• gaums, sagum

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Estonian

Etymology

From magu +‎ -s, an archaic word meaning "taste", "flavour".

Adjective

magus (genitive magusa, partitive magusat, comparative magusam, superlative kõige magusam)

1. sweet (taste)

Declension

Declension of magus (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		magus	magusad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	magusa
genitive			magusate
partitive		magusat	magusaid
illative		magusasse	magusatesse magusaisse
inessive		magusas	magusates magusais
elative		magusast	magusatest magusaist
allative		magusale	magusatele magusaile
adessive		magusal	magusatel magusail
ablative		magusalt	magusatelt magusailt
translative		magusaks	magusateks magusaiks
terminative		magusani	magusateni
essive		magusana	magusatena
abessive		magusata	magusateta
comitative		magusaga	magusatega

Derived terms

• magustama
• magustoit

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Gothic

Romanization

magus

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate origin (see Μάγος (Mágos) for details)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡus/, [ˈmäɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡus/, [ˈmäːɡus]

Adjective

magus (feminine maga, neuter magum); first/second-declension adjective

1. magic, magical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	magus	maga	magum		magī	magae	maga
Genitive	magī	magae	magī		magōrum	magārum	magōrum
Dative	magō		magō		magīs
Accusative	magum	magam	magum		magōs	magās	maga
Ablative	magō	magā	magō		magīs
Vocative	mage	maga	magum		magī	magae	maga

Noun

magus m (genitive magī); second declension

1. (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan, wizard
2. (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest

Note: the two meanings overlap in classical usage— both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of "Zoroaster" as the "inventor" of astrology and magic. The first meaning ('magician') derives from the sense of "practitioner of the Zoroaster's craft", and the second meaning ('priest') from the sense of "practitioner of Zoroaster's religion".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	magus	magī
Genitive	magī	magōrum
Dative	magō	magīs
Accusative	magum	magōs
Ablative	magō	magīs
Vocative	mage	magī

Related terms

• magicus

Descendants

• → Dutch: magiër
• → English: Magi, mage, magus
• French: mage
• Italian: mago
• Portuguese: mago
• Spanish: mago

References

• “magus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “magus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magus 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)
• magus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• magus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “magus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray