magnes
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English magnes, from Latin magnēs. Doublet of magnet.
Noun edit
magnes
- Obsolete form of magnet.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Of mightie magnes stone
- 1588, G[abriel] H[arvey], “[Greenes Memoriall; Or Certaine Funerall Sonnets.] Sonnet XVII. His Exhortation to Atonement and Love.”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Fovre Letters, and Certaine Sonnets, […] (Miscellaneous Tracts Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n., published 1870], →OCLC, page 77:
- Magnes and many thinges attractive are, / But nothing ſo allective under ſkyes, / As that ſame dainty amiable ſtarre, / That none but griſly mouth of hell defyes.
References edit
- “magnes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
magnes
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μαγνήτης λίθος (magnḗtēs líthos, “Magnesian stone”), 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”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmaɡ.neːs/, [ˈmäŋneːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmaɲ.ɲes/, [ˈmäɲːes]
Noun edit
magnēs f (genitive magnētis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | magnēs | magnētēs |
| Genitive | magnētis | magnētum |
| Dative | magnētī | magnētibus |
| Accusative | magnēta magnētem |
magnētēs |
| Ablative | magnēte | magnētibus |
| Vocative | magnēs | magnētēs |
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: մագնիս (magnis) (learned)
- Old French: magnete
- → Middle Dutch: magnes (learned)
- → Middle English: magnes, magnas (learned)
- English: magnes (obsolete)
- → Esperanto: magneto
- → Hungarian: mágnes (learned)
- → Old Irish: magnéit
- Italian: magnete
- → Polish: magnes (learned)
Unsorted descendants:
- → Albanian: magnet
- → Czech: magnet
- → Danish: magnet
- → Middle Dutch: magneet
- → German: Magnet
- → Latvian: magnēts
- → Lithuanian: magnetas
- →? Macedonian: магнет (magnet)
- →? Carpathian Rusyn: маґнет (magnet)
- →? Serbo-Croatian:
- →? Slovak: magnet
- →? Slovene: magnet
- → Spanish: magnete
- → Swedish: magnet
- → Finnish: magneetti
Adjective edit
magnēs (genitive magnētis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | magnēs | magnētēs | magnētia | ||
| Genitive | magnētis | magnētium | |||
| Dative | magnētī | magnētibus | |||
| Accusative | magnētem | magnēs | magnētēs | magnētia | |
| Ablative | magnētī | magnētibus | |||
| Vocative | magnēs | magnētēs | magnētia | ||
References edit
- “magnes”, 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.
- “magnes”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “magnes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “magnes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin magnēs, from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης λίθος (magnḗtēs líthos, “Magnesian stone”). Doublet of magnete.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
magnes
Descendants edit
- English: magnes (obsolete)
References edit
- “magnēs, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-11.
Old French edit
Noun edit
magnes
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin magnēs, from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις (magnêtis). Doublet of magnez.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
magnes m inan (diminutive magnesik)
- (electromagnetism) magnet (piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism)
- (figuratively) magnet (person or thing that attracts)