magus

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪɡəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪɡəs

magus (plural magi)

1. (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan
2. (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest

Note: the two meanings overlap in classical usage— both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of "Zoroaster" as the "inventor" of astrology and magic. The first meaning ('magician') derives from the sense of "practitioner of the Zoroaster's craft", and the second meaning ('priest') from the sense of "practitioner of Zoroaster's religion".

• gaums, sagum

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

magus (genitive magusa, partitive magusat)

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/, [ˈma.ɡʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡus/, [ˈmaː.ɡus]

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

1. magic, magical

First/second-declension adjective.

magus m (genitive magī); second declension

1. (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan, wizard
2. (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest

Note: the two meanings overlap in classical usage— both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of "Zoroaster" as the "inventor" of astrology and magic. The first meaning ('magician') derives from the sense of "practitioner of the Zoroaster's craft", and the second meaning ('priest') from the sense of "practitioner of Zoroaster's religion".

Second-declension noun.

• magicus

• → Dutch: magiër
• → English: Magi, mage, magus
• French: mage
• Italian: mago
• Portuguese: mago
• Spanish: 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, 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