magnifico
English
Noun
magnifico (plural magnificos or magnificoes)
- (obsolete) A grandee or nobleman of Venice.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, I. ii. 12:
- For be assured of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloved,
- 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, I. ii. 12:
- (obsolete) A rector of a German university.
Translations
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for magnifico in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Italian
Etymology
Latin magnificus, from verb magnificare, make great, from adjective magnus, great, (which goes back to Indo-European), plus ficare, from facere, do or make
Adjective
magnifico (feminine singular magnifica, masculine plural magnifici, feminine plural magnifiche)
Latin
Etymology
From magnificus (“noble, august”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maɡˈni.fi.koː/, [maŋˈnɪ.fɪ.koː]
Verb
magnificō (present infinitive magnificāre, perfect active magnificāvī, supine magnificātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Related terms
- magnifaciō
- magnificē
- magnificēns
- magnificenter
- magnificentia
- magnificus
Descendants
- English: magnify
- French: magnifier
- Italian: magnificare
References
- magnifico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- magnifico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magnifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette