μαγεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάγος (mágos) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡěː.aː/ → /maˈʝi.a/ → /maˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈʝi.a/

Noun

μᾰγείᾱ • (mageíā) f (genitive μᾰγείᾱς); first declension

1. theology of the Magians
2. (Koine) magic, sorcery

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾰγείᾱ; τῆς μᾰγείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰγείᾱ hē mageíā	αἱ μᾰγεῖαι hai mageîai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰγείᾱς tês mageíās	τῶν μᾰγειῶν tôn mageiôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰγείᾳ têi mageíāi	ταῖς μᾰγείαις taîs mageíais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰγείᾱν tḕn mageíān	τᾱ̀ς μᾰγείᾱς tā̀s mageíās
Vocative	μᾰγείᾱ mageíā	μᾰγεῖαι mageîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μαγεία (mageía), μάγια (mágia)
• → Coptic: ⲙⲁⲅⲓⲁ (magia)
• → Georgian: მაგია (magia)
• → Late Latin: magīa (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: ма́гия (mágija)
• → Ukrainian: ма́гія (máhija)

Further reading

• μαγεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μαγεία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “μαγεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3095 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαγείᾱ (mageíā), equivalent of μάγος (mágos) +‎ -εία (-eía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝi.a/
• Hyphenation: μα‧γεί‧α

Noun

μαγεία • (mageía) f (plural μαγείες)

1. magic, sorcery, witchcraft

Declension

Declension of μαγεία

	singular	plural
nominative	μαγεία •	μαγείες •
genitive	μαγείας •	μαγειών •
accusative	μαγεία •	μαγείες •
vocative	μαγεία •	μαγείες •

Related terms

see: μάγος (mágos)

See also

• μαγεία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el