magus

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪɡəs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪɡəs

magus (plural magi)

1. A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
2. (Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.
   • 1922, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization‎, page 230:

     Court astrologers, who were drawn from the race of the Magi, were among those that formed the royal court [...]

The two meanings overlap in classical usage – both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of “Zoroaster” as the “inventor” of astrology and magic.

• gaums, sagum

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

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

1. sweet (taste)

• magustama
• magustoit

magus

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃

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

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

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

1. magic, magical

First/second-declension adjective.

magus m (genitive magī); second declension

1. magus (Zoroastrian priest)
2. (figuratively) magician, wizard, (derogatory) sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan

Second-declension noun.

• maga

• magicus

• → Dutch: magiër
• → English: Magi, mage, magus
• French: mage
• → Hungarian: mágus
• Italian: mago
• Piedmontese: mago
• Portuguese: mago
• Romanian: mag
• → Spanish: mago
  • → Cebuano: mago

• “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “magus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray