magnificus
Latin
Etymology
From magnus + -i- + -ficus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maɡˈni.fi.kus/, [mäŋˈnɪfɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.kus/, [mäɲˈɲiːfikus]
Adjective
magnificus (feminine magnifica, neuter magnificum, comparative magnificentior, superlative magnificentissimus, adverb magnificē); first/second-declension adjective
- great, noble, distinguished, eminent, august
- splendid, rich, fine, costly, sumptuous, magnificent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | magnificus | magnifica | magnificum | magnificī | magnificae | magnifica | |
| Genitive | magnificī | magnificae | magnificī | magnificōrum | magnificārum | magnificōrum | |
| Dative | magnificō | magnificō | magnificīs | ||||
| Accusative | magnificum | magnificam | magnificum | magnificōs | magnificās | magnifica | |
| Ablative | magnificō | magnificā | magnificō | magnificīs | |||
| Vocative | magnifice | magnifica | magnificum | magnificī | magnificae | magnifica | |
Descendants
- → Catalan: magnífic
- → English: magnific
- → French: magnifique
- → Galician: magnífico
- → Italian: magnifico
- → Piedmontese: magnìfich
- → Portuguese: magnífico
- → Romanian: magnific
- → Spanish: magnífico
References
- “magnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “magnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magnificus 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)
- magnificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- (ambiguous) (1) to speak vehemently, passionately; (2) to speak pompously, boastfully: magnifice loqui, dicere
- (ambiguous) to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)
- to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)