μαγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡís/ → /maˈʝis/ → /maˈʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈɡis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈʝis/

Noun

μᾰγῐ́ς • (magís) f (genitive μᾰγῐ́δος); third declension

1. any kneaded mass, cake
2. cake offered to Hecate and Trophonius
3. kind of small cheese-pudding
4. kneading trough or dresser
5. small table
6. round pan or plate for placing on the tripod

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μᾰγῐ́ς; τῆς μᾰγῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰγῐ́ς hē magís	τὼ μᾰγῐ́δε tṑ magíde	αἱ μᾰγῐ́δες hai magídes
Genitive	τῆς μᾰγῐ́δος tês magídos	τοῖν μᾰγῐ́δοιν toîn magídoin	τῶν μᾰγῐ́δων tôn magídōn
Dative	τῇ μᾰγῐ́δῐ têi magídi	τοῖν μᾰγῐ́δοιν toîn magídoin	ταῖς μᾰγῐ́σῐ / μᾰγῐ́σῐν taîs magísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μᾰγῐ́δᾰ tḕn magída	τὼ μᾰγῐ́δε tṑ magíde	τᾱ̀ς μᾰγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s magídas
Vocative	μᾰγῐ́ς magís	μᾰγῐ́δε magíde	μᾰγῐ́δες magídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• μαγίδιον (magídion)

Descendants

• → Georgian: მაგიდა (magida)
• → Latin: magida
  • French: maie
  • Italian: madia
  • Portuguese: malga
  • Sardinian: màida
  • Sicilian: majiḍḍa (from an unattested *magidula)
• → Latin: magis
• → Laz: მაგიდა (magida)
• →? Ge'ez: ማእድ (maʾədd)
  • → Arabic: مَائِدَة (māʔida)
    • Maltese: mejda
    • Moroccan Arabic: ميدة (mīda)
    • → Azerbaijani: maidə
    • → Ottoman Turkish: مائده (maide)
      • → Turkish: maide
    • → Persian: میده (mayda, “a table covered with viande”)

References

• “μαγίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μαγίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette