magnanimus Latin · revision 8381

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=grc μεγάθυμος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [maŋˈna.nɪ.mʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [maɲˈɲaː.ni.mus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''magnanimus''' (feminine magnanima, neuter magnanimum, comparative magis magnanimus, superlative maximē magnanimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Virgil and Statius have the genitive plural ''magnanimum''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[magnus]] “great” and [[animus]] “spirit”, modelled on [[grc|μεγάθυμος|tr=megáthumos|t=great-hearted]] and [[grc|μεγαλόψυχος|tr=megalópsukhos|t=great-souled]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant noble in spirit, great-souled, magnanimous, and Virgil uses it of animals.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical, and Cicero has ''virī fortēs, magnanimī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Alcuin and other British Medieval Latin writers used it for great-souled, magnanimous.^(DMLBS) English took [[m|en|magnanimous]] in the 1580s, first “nobly brave or valiant”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of brave men.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English ''magnanimous'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Noble in spirit, great-souled, [[m|en|magnanimous]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[magnanimitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[magnus]]

+ * [[animus]]

+ * [[pusillanimis]]

+ * [[en|magnanimous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}