magis Latin · revision 8342

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *meǵh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈma.ɡɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmaː.d͡ʒis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''magis''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*magis|t=more]], from the root of [[magnus]] “great” with the zero grade ⟨*-is⟩ of the comparative suffix, Proto-Indo-European ⟨*mǵ-is-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan calls the suffix very archaic, like that of [[satis]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|mais|t=more]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the Twelve Tables, “rather, more correctly”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates them about 450 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to a greater extent, more, as in Ennius, and in Plautus it formed periphrastic comparatives.^(OLD 2012) ''Magis magisque'' meant more and more in Terence, ''nōn magis … quam'' “as much as” in Cicero, and it also meant rather, instead, more correctly, with better reason, and sooner.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Spanish ''más'', Portuguese ''mais'', Romanian ''mai'' and Old French ''mais'', and in French ''mais'' “but”.^(Wiktionary) Its derivative ''magister'' gave [[en|master]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – The Twelve Tables use it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it, “more”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence has ''magis magisque''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|More]], to a greater extent.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (forming comparatives) More.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''magis magisque'', more and more.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Rather]], instead.^(OLD 2012)

+ # More properly; sooner.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēmagis]]

+ * [[magister]]

+ * [[māvolō]]

+ * [[mālō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[magnus]]

+ * [[maior]]

+ * [[maximē]]

+ * [[en|master]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A rare unrelated ''magis'' (genitive ''magidis''), a dish or plate, is [[bor|grc|μαγίς|tr=magís]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}