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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs, “Magnesian”). Used in the plural as a noun.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Magnes (feminine Magnessa or Magnētis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Magnesian; of Magnesia
46 BCE,
Cicero,
Brutus 316.1:
- Adsiduissime autem mecum fuit Dionysius Magnes; erat etiam Aeschylus Cnidius, Adramyttenus Xenocles.
c. 90 CE,
Valerius Flaccus,
Argonautica 2.9:
- Attollit tondentes pabula Magnes
campus equos: vidisse putant Dolopeia busta
intrantemque Amyron curvas quaesita per oras
aequora, flumineo cuius redeuntia vento
vela legunt.
Declension
Third-declension adjective, masculine only.
Derived terms
References
- “Magnes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Magnesia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Magnes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Magnes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.