magis

See also: Magis.

Latin

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡis/, [ˈmäɡɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.d͡ʒis/, [ˈmäːd͡ʒis]
  • Audio (classical)(file)

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

From an ellipsis of sed magis (but rather)

  • Aromanian: ma
  • Dalmatian: mui
  • Franco-Provençal: mas
  • French: mais
  • Friulian: ma
  • Galician: mais
  • Italian: ma
    • Greek: μα (ma)
    • Serbo-Croatian: ma
  • Neapolitan: ma
  • Occitan: mai
  • Portuguese: mas
  • Sicilian: ma
  • Spanish: mas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

magīs m

  1. dative/ablative plural of magus

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, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Middle English

Noun

magis pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of mages
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