LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

māgālia

māgālia n pl (genitive māgālium)
Classical[maːˈɡaː.li.a]Ecclesiastical[maˈɡaː.li.a]

Meaning

  1. pluralplural onlyrarehuts
    Mīrātur mōlem Aenēās, māgālia quondam.[Upon his first sight of Carthage,] Aeneas marvels [at such] massive construction, [where] once [was only] huts.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.421

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—māgālia
genitive—māgālium
dative—māgālibus
accusative—māgālia
ablative—māgālibus
vocative—māgālia

māgālĭa, ĭum, n. Punic; Hebr. ; Gr. μέγαρον; cf. Isid. Or. 15, 12,
I. little dwellings, huts, tents.
I. Lit.: magalia aedificia quasi cohortes rotundas dicunt, Cato, Orig. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421: miratur molem Aeneas, magalia quondam, Verg. A. 1, 421; 4, 259; Serv. ad loc.; so Sall. and Cass. Hem. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421.—
II. Māgālĭa, ĭum, n., the suburbs of Carthage, Plaut. Poen. prol. 86; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 368 (al. Magaria).

Origins

From Punic. See Ancient Greek μέγαρον (mégaron).

Quick answers

What does māgālia mean in Latin?
māgālia, a noun, means “huts”.
What is the genitive of māgālia?
The genitive singular is māgālium. māgālia is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce māgālia?
In classical Latin, [maːˈɡaː.li.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [maˈɡaː.li.a].