"magicus" meaning in Latin

See magicus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈma.ɡɪ.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmaː.d͡ʒi.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós), derived from μάγος (mágos, “wise man, mage”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|μαγικός}} Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós) Head templates: {{la-adj|magicus}} magicus (feminine magica, neuter magicum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|magicus}} Forms: magica [feminine], magicum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], magicus [masculine, nominative, singular], magica [feminine, nominative, singular], magicum [neuter, nominative, singular], magicī [masculine, nominative, plural], magicae [feminine, nominative, plural], magica [neuter, nominative, plural], magicī [genitive, masculine, singular], magicae [feminine, genitive, singular], magicī [genitive, neuter, singular], magicōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], magicārum [feminine, genitive, plural], magicōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], magicō [dative, masculine, singular], magicae [dative, feminine, singular], magicō [dative, neuter, singular], magicīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], magicum [accusative, masculine, singular], magicam [accusative, feminine, singular], magicum [accusative, neuter, singular], magicōs [accusative, masculine, plural], magicās [accusative, feminine, plural], magica [accusative, neuter, plural], magicō [ablative, masculine, singular], magicā [ablative, feminine, singular], magicō [ablative, neuter, singular], magicīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], magice [masculine, singular, vocative], magica [feminine, singular, vocative], magicum [neuter, singular, vocative], magicī [masculine, plural, vocative], magicae [feminine, plural, vocative], magica [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. magic, magical Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Related terms: magīa, magicē, magus
    Sense id: en-magicus-la-adj-1IAkNR52 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "màgic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "magie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "magic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "magique"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "magico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "màgich"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "magic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "mágico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "mego"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μαγικός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós), derived from μάγος (mágos, “wise man, mage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "magicus"
      },
      "expansion": "magicus (feminine magica, neuter magicum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "magicus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "magic, magical"
      ],
      "id": "en-magicus-la-adj-1IAkNR52",
      "links": [
        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ],
        [
          "magical",
          "magical"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "magīa"
        },
        {
          "word": "magicē"
        },
        {
          "word": "magus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈma.ɡɪ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaː.d͡ʒi.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "magicus"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "màgic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "magie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "magic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "magique"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "magico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "màgich"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "magic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "mágico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "mego"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μαγικός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós), derived from μάγος (mágos, “wise man, mage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magicae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "magicus"
      },
      "expansion": "magicus (feminine magica, neuter magicum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "magicus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "magīa"
    },
    {
      "word": "magicē"
    },
    {
      "word": "magus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "magic, magical"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ],
        [
          "magical",
          "magical"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈma.ɡɪ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaː.d͡ʒi.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "magicus"
}

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