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Lemma 1māgnus
adjective
- large/great/big/vast/huge; much; powerful; tall/long/broad; extensive/ - great (achievement); mighty; distinguished; skilled; bold/confident; proud
Morphology1 analysis
masculine nominative singularmagn + us · regular
Lewis & Short
magnus, a, um [root magh-; mahat, mabā, great; ; for; , majestas; also root mak-; , and perh.]
magnai for magnae, ; , us; , great, large.
, of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, : nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. Müll.; magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. : (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. (Heduph. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, (Ann. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, Müll.; Olympum, Enn. Müll. (Ann. 1 Vahl.), § 6 (Trag. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, (Ann. 194 Vahl.): saxa maxima, Enn.
Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable,
Rarely of time, for longus, multus.
Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty: major pars, the majority.
, great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. (Ann. 207 Vahl.); Saturnia magna dearum, P. (Ann. 482 Vahl.): res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. (Ann. 244 Vahl.). — in neutr, and : magna Di curant (great things, important matters), parva neglegunt: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years — Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, too great for.
Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged. — Usually in the and , with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest. — : senis nostri frater major, the elder of two — In legal lang., major ( minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age. — In : mājō-res, um, , adults ( pueri), Müll. — But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus: majores natu, of the Senate. — In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, ; h. vv., and
In specifications of value, in the neutr. , magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, ; pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high. — , rarely without pretii. — : te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is: : innotescere, in an exaggerated manner — Also with , in majus vero ferri.
Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and ). — Hence, măgis, , only in in this anomalous form ( mag-ius, like pris-cus for prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in : maxĭmē (maxŭmē).
: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ; but in Enn. , magis or magi'. , Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, amplius).
With no qualifying words.
With the addition of the second term of the comparison.
With verbs. — Repeated — Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that,
With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratiā, : bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. (Ann. 188 Vahl.) — And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as — Followed by atque instead of quam (rare). — With the (rare): Weissenb. ad loc.: ( B. 3. ).
With pronn. — With utrum, followed by an. — With the instead of quam.
With adjj. and advv., and with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most without adding the second term of the comparison; under b. ): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis. — With the — With compp. (adding to their force).
Without the addition of the second term.
With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. (Ann. 315 Vahl.)
With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. (Ann. 276 Vahl.).
With pronn.
With adjj. and advv. (so most ). — With adjj.: ; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros. — With advv. — With compp. adding to their force.
Strengthened.
By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo.
By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. P. — also.
Pleon.
With potius (anteclass.).
With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere.
: non (neque) magis quam.
To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more. than; just as much. as; or neg., no more. than; just as little. as — Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo. non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, is just as far from being sound as a body, — Ellipt.
For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in not so much. as; less. than.
Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; for the usual plus minusve, more or less.
With alius. alio, : ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, in different degrees, Madvig. ad loc. al. — : maxĭmē (maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very,
Alone.
huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime; maxime
With an — with supp.: MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.).
With numerals, at most.
With an : ( 2).
Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, (supply potest)
With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime.
With ut quisque. ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more. the more (or less)
In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place.
Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo. — in the connection, cum. tum maxime; tum. tum maxime; ut. tum maxime, but more especially. — With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now; Drak.
In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime: ( immo)
Magnus, i,
a Roman surname, Cn. Pompeius Magnus; Pompeius.
Lemma 2Māgnus
nounmasculine
a Roman surname · - large/great/big/vast/huge; much; powerful; tall/long/broad; extensive/ - great (achievement); mighty; distinguished; skilled; bold/confident; proud
Morphology1 analysis
nominative singularmagn + us · regular
Lewis & Short
magnus, a, um [root magh-; mahat, mabā, great; ; for; , majestas; also root mak-; , and perh.]
magnai for magnae, ; , us; , great, large.
, of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, : nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. Müll.; magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. : (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. (Heduph. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, (Ann. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, Müll.; Olympum, Enn. Müll. (Ann. 1 Vahl.), § 6 (Trag. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, (Ann. 194 Vahl.): saxa maxima, Enn.
Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable,
Rarely of time, for longus, multus.
Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty: major pars, the majority.
, great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. (Ann. 207 Vahl.); Saturnia magna dearum, P. (Ann. 482 Vahl.): res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. (Ann. 244 Vahl.). — in neutr, and : magna Di curant (great things, important matters), parva neglegunt: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years — Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, too great for.
Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged. — Usually in the and , with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest. — : senis nostri frater major, the elder of two — In legal lang., major ( minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age. — In : mājō-res, um, , adults ( pueri), Müll. — But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus: majores natu, of the Senate. — In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, ; h. vv., and
In specifications of value, in the neutr. , magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, ; pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high. — , rarely without pretii. — : te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is: : innotescere, in an exaggerated manner — Also with , in majus vero ferri.
Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and ). — Hence, măgis, , only in in this anomalous form ( mag-ius, like pris-cus for prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in : maxĭmē (maxŭmē).
: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ; but in Enn. , magis or magi'. , Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, amplius).
With no qualifying words.
With the addition of the second term of the comparison.
With verbs. — Repeated — Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that,
With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratiā, : bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. (Ann. 188 Vahl.) — And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as — Followed by atque instead of quam (rare). — With the (rare): Weissenb. ad loc.: ( B. 3. ).
With pronn. — With utrum, followed by an. — With the instead of quam.
With adjj. and advv., and with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most without adding the second term of the comparison; under b. ): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis. — With the — With compp. (adding to their force).
Without the addition of the second term.
With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. (Ann. 315 Vahl.)
With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. (Ann. 276 Vahl.).
With pronn.
With adjj. and advv. (so most ). — With adjj.: ; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros. — With advv. — With compp. adding to their force.
Strengthened.
By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo.
By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. P. — also.
Pleon.
With potius (anteclass.).
With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere.
: non (neque) magis quam.
To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more. than; just as much. as; or neg., no more. than; just as little. as — Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo. non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, is just as far from being sound as a body, — Ellipt.
For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in not so much. as; less. than.
Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; for the usual plus minusve, more or less.
With alius. alio, : ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, in different degrees, Madvig. ad loc. al. — : maxĭmē (maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very,
Alone.
huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime; maxime
With an — with supp.: MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.).
With numerals, at most.
With an : ( 2).
Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, (supply potest)
With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime.
With ut quisque. ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more. the more (or less)
In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place.
Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo. — in the connection, cum. tum maxime; tum. tum maxime; ut. tum maxime, but more especially. — With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now; Drak.
In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime: ( immo)
Magnus, i,
a Roman surname, Cn. Pompeius Magnus; Pompeius.
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