adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
magicus
magicus (feminine magica, neuter magicum)
Classical[ˈma.ɡɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmaː.d͡ʒi.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivemagic, magical
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | magicus | magica | magicum |
| genitive | magicī | magicae | magicī |
| dative | magicō | magicae | magicō |
| accusative | magicum | magicam | magicum |
| ablative | magicō | magicā | magicō |
| vocative | magice | magica | magicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | magicī | magicae | magica |
| genitive | magicōrum | magicārum | magicōrum |
| dative | magicīs | magicīs | magicīs |
| accusative | magicōs | magicās | magica |
| ablative | magicīs | magicīs | magicīs |
| vocative | magicī | magicae | magica |
măgĭcus, a, um, adj., = μαγικός,
I. of or belonging to magic, magic, magical (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
artes, Verg. A. 4, 493: magicis auxiliis uti, Tib. 1, 8, 24: arma movere, Ov. M. 5, 197: superstitiones, Tac. A. 12, 59: vanitates, Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 1: herbae, id. 24, 17, 99, § 156: aquae, Prop. 4, 1, 102 (5, 1, 106): di magici, that were invoked by incantations (as Pluto, Hecate, Proserpine), Tib. 1, 2, 62; Luc. 6, 577: linguae, i. e. hieroglyphics, id. 3, 222; but lingua, skilled in incantations, Ov. M. 7, 330; Luc. 3, 224: cantus, Juv. 6, 610: magicae resonant ubi Memnone chordae, mysterious, id. 15, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
magicus adj.
, μαγικός, of magic, magical: artes, V.: lingua, skilled in incantations, O.: chordae, mysterious, Iu.: terrores, superstitious, H.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós, “magical”).
Elsewhere
- Catalanmàgic
- Englishmagic
- Frenchmagique
- Italianmagico
- Romanianmagic
- Spanishmágico
- Spanishmego
- Dutchmagie
- Piedmontesemàgich
Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguesemágico
- Portuguesemeigo
- Galicianmeigo
- Galicianmeiga
- Galicianmáxico
In English words that came into English from magicus
- magicmagicus