magicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós), derived from μάγος (mágos, “wise man, mage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡi.kus/, [ˈmäɡɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.d͡ʒi.kus/, [ˈmäːd͡ʒikus]

Adjective

magicus (feminine magica, neuter magicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. magic, magical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	magicus	magica	magicum		magicī	magicae	magica
Genitive	magicī	magicae	magicī		magicōrum	magicārum	magicōrum
Dative	magicō		magicō		magicīs
Accusative	magicum	magicam	magicum		magicōs	magicās	magica
Ablative	magicō	magicā	magicō		magicīs
Vocative	magice	magica	magicum		magicī	magicae	magica

Related terms

• magīa
• magicē
• magus

Descendants

• Catalan: màgic
• Dutch: magie
• English: magic
• French: magique
• Galician: meigo, meiga, máxico
• Italian: magico
• Piedmontese: màgich
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: meigo, meiga, máxico
  • Portuguese: mágico, meigo
• Romanian: magic
• Spanish: mágico, mego

References

• “magicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “magicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.