magnificus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maɡˈni.fi.kus/, [mäŋˈnɪfɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.kus/, [mäɲˈɲiːfikus]
Adjective
[edit]magnificus (feminine magnifica, neuter magnificum, comparative magnificentior, superlative magnificentissimus, adverb magnificē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | magnificus | magnifica | magnificum | magnificī | magnificae | magnifica | |
| genitive | magnificī | magnificae | magnificī | magnificōrum | magnificārum | magnificōrum | |
| dative | magnificō | magnificae | magnificō | magnificīs | |||
| accusative | magnificum | magnificam | magnificum | magnificōs | magnificās | magnifica | |
| ablative | magnificō | magnificā | magnificō | magnificīs | |||
| vocative | magnifice | magnifica | magnificum | magnificī | magnificae | magnifica | |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “magnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “magnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magnificus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- magnificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- (ambiguous) (1) to speak vehemently, passionately; (2) to speak pompously, boastfully: magnifice loqui, dicere
- (ambiguous) to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)
- to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)