magicus Latin · revision 32249

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=65–8 BC, Horace|origins=grc μαγικός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈma.ɡɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈmaː.d͡ʒi.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''magicus''' (feminine magica, neuter magicum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|μαγικός|tr=magikós|t=magical]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Horace.^(Köbler 2010) Lewis & Short note that it is poetic and post-Augustan, and cite Virgil's magic arts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means of or concerned with magic, magical, as Tibullus' magic aid, Tacitus' magic superstitions and Pliny the Elder's magic follies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of things it is having magic powers, as Propertius' magic hearths and Ovid's magic arms, the Gorgon's head; of people, possessing such powers.^(OLD 2012) Tibullus and Lucan use it of the gods invoked in spells: “a black victim fell before the magic gods”.^(OLD 2012) Its feminine is used as a noun for the magic art, which Pliny the Elder also has in the Greek form ''magicē''.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it magical,^(Stelten 1995) and in Medieval Latin it is used as a noun for a sorcerer.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|magic]] (late 14th century) is from Old French and Late Latin ''magicē''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of magic arts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus of magic gods and magic aid.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of magic herbs and magic follies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or concerned with [[m|en|magic]], magical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of things, having magic properties; of people, having magic powers.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of gods, invoked in magic [[m|en|incantation|alt=incantations]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' As a noun, a [[m|en|sorcerer]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[magicē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[magus]]

+ * [[en|magic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}