magicus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós), derived from μάγος (mágos, “wise man, mage”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡi.kus/, [ˈma.ɡɪ.kʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.d͡ʒi.kus/, [ˈmaː.d͡ʒi.kus]
Adjective
magicus (feminine magica, neuter magicum); first/second declension
- magic, magical
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | magicus | magica | magicum | magicī | magicae | magica | |
| Genitive | magicī | magicae | magicī | magicōrum | magicārum | magicōrum | |
| Dative | magicō | magicae | magicō | magicīs | magicīs | magicīs | |
| Accusative | magicum | magicam | magicum | magicōs | magicās | magica | |
| Ablative | magicō | magicā | magicō | magicīs | magicīs | magicīs | |
| Vocative | magice | magica | magicum | magicī | magicae | magica | |
Related terms
- magīa
- magicē
- magus
Descendants
- Catalan: màgic
- Dutch: magie
- English: magic
- French: magique
- Galician: meigo, meiga, máxico
- Italian: magico
- Portuguese: mágico, meigo
- Spanish: mágico
References
- magicus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- magicus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette