Μάγνης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.ɡnɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɣnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɣnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɣnis/
Noun
Μάγνης • (Mágnēs) m (genitive Μάγνητος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Μάγνης ho Mágnēs |
τὼ Μάγνητε tṑ Mágnēte |
οἱ Μάγνητες hoi Mágnētes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μάγνητος toû Mágnētos |
τοῖν Μαγνήτοιν toîn Magnḗtoin |
τῶν Μαγνήτων tôn Magnḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μάγνητῐ tôi Mágnēti |
τοῖν Μαγνήτοιν toîn Magnḗtoin |
τοῖς Μάγνησῐ / Μάγνησῐν toîs Mágnēsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μάγνητᾰ tòn Mágnēta |
τὼ Μάγνητε tṑ Mágnēte |
τοὺς Μάγνητᾰς toùs Mágnētas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Μάγνης Mágnēs |
Μάγνητε Mágnēte |
Μάγνητες Mágnētes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μαγνησία (magnēsía)
- Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), Μαγνησίη (Magnēsíē)
- Μάγνησσα (Mágnēssa)
- Μαγνήτης (Magnḗtēs)
- Μαγνητικός (Magnētikós)
- Μαγνῆτις (Magnêtis)
- Μαγνῆτις λίθος (Magnêtis líthos)
Descendants
- Greek: Μάγνης (Mágnis), Μάγνητας (Mágnitas), plural: Μάγνητες (Mágnites)
- → Latin: Magnēs (plural Magnētēs)
- ⇒ Latin: magnēs (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “Μάγνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Μάγνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Μάγνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “Μάγνης”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016