noun · masculinethird declension
magnēs1
magnēs m (genitive magnētis)
Classical[ˈmaŋ.neːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmaɲ.ɲes]
Meaning
- magnet, lodestone
[…]trahunt in se paleas […], ut magnes lapis ferrum.
[…] attract pollen to themselves like lodestone attracts iron.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 37.12
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | magnēs | magnētēs |
| genitive | magnētis | magnētum |
| dative | magnētī | magnētibus |
| accusative | magnēta magnētem | magnētas magnētēs |
| ablative | magnēte | magnētibus |
| vocative | magnēs | magnētēs |
magnes, ētis, m., = μάγνης, with or without lapis,
I. a magnet, loadstone:
(lapis), quem magneta vocant patrio de nomine Grai Magnetum quia sit patriis in finibus ortus, Lucr. 6, 908; cf. Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 126: lapis, Lucr. 6, 1046; Cic. Div. 1, 39, 86.—Without lapis, Sil. 3, 265.—Hence, adj.: magnētĭcus, a, um, magnetic: gemma, Claud. de Magnet. 26.Origins
From Ancient Greek μάγνης (mágnēs), from Μάγνης (Mágnēs, “Magnesian”), after Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), named after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), whence came the colonist who founded it. In ancient times the city was a primary source of mysterious stones that could attract or repel each other, which were eventually named after it. Related to magnēsius (“Magnesian”) and New Latin magnēsium (“magnesium”).
Elsewhere
- Englishmagnetfrom Old French magnete
- Englishmagnesfrom Middle English magnes
- Italianmagnete
- GermanMagnet
- Romanianmagnetfrom German Magnet
- Spanishmagnete
- Armenianմագնիս
- Amharicማግኔትfrom Old French magnete
- Cebuanomagnetfrom Old French magnete
- Indonesianmagnetfrom Old French magnete
Serbo-Croatian
- Cyrillic scriptма̀гне̄т
- Latin scriptmàgnēt
In English words that came into English from magnēs
- magnetmagnēs