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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch magisch (“magical”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɡɪs
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gis

Adjective

magis

  1. magical

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • → Malay: magis

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

Synchronically, comparative of magnopere (“much, greatly”), adverbial form of magnus (“big, great”), built from its root + Proto-Indo-European *-is, zero-grade of *-yōs. Full grade in maior/maius.

Diachronically from Proto-Italic *magis, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂-is from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

magis (not comparable)

  1. more, the more, in a greater measure, to a greater extent
    eo magis ― all the more
    magis magisque (or) et magis ― more and more
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.452–453:
      Quō magis inceptum peragat lūcemque relinquat, / vīdit, [...].
      What’s more, that she might fulfill her resolve to leave the light, she saw, [...].
      (Dido, who is already contemplating suicide, now sees portents of doom.)
  2. more greatly
  3. better
  4. rather
    ac magis ― but rather
    sed magis ― but rather
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Insular-Romance:
    • Sardinian: mai, ma (“but”)
  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: ma
    • Romanian: mai
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: masse (“too much”), mai (“never”), ma (“but”)
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

magīs m

  1. dative/ablative plural of magus

References

  • “magis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “magis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "magis", 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)
  • magis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • immorality is daily gaining ground: mores in dies magis labuntur (also with ad, e.g. ad mollitiem)
  • magis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian magis, from Dutch magisch. Doublet of Majusi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛ.d͡ʒis], [ma.ɡes]
    • Audio (Malaysia, [mɛ.d͡ʒis]):(file)
    • Audio (Malaysia, [ma.ɡes]):(file)
  • Rhymes: -is, -es
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gis

Adjective

magis (Jawi spelling ماݢيس)

  1. magical

Noun

magis (Jawi spelling ماݢيس)

  1. magic

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

magis pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of mages

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