magister
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin magister (“a master, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.”), from magis (“more or great”) + -ter. Doublet of master and maestro.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
magister (plural magisters)
- Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- The possessor of a master's degree.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “magister” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “magister” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
AnagramsEdit
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch magister, from Latin magister. Doublet of master and mester.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
magistêr (first-person possessive magisterku, second-person possessive magistermu, third-person possessive magisternya)
- (higher education) master's degree.
- Synonym: master
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “magister” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- macister (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *magisteros. Equivalent to magis (“more or great”) + Proto-Indo-European *-teros. Compare minister.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈɡis.ter/, [mäˈɡɪs̠t̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈd͡ʒis.ter/, [mäˈd͡ʒist̪er]
Audio (Classical) (file)
NounEdit
magister m (genitive magistrī, feminine magistra); second declension
- teacher
- master; a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | magister | magistrī |
Genitive | magistrī | magistrōrum |
Dative | magistrō | magistrīs |
Accusative | magistrum | magistrōs |
Ablative | magistrō | magistrīs |
Vocative | magister | magistrī |
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Derived termsEdit
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DescendantsEdit
From Vulgar Latin *majester, *majestru:
- Eastern Romance
- Gallo-Italic
- Piedmontese: mèistr
- Italo-Dalmatian
- Gallo-Roman
- Borrowings
From Vulgar Latin *maester:
- Albanian: mjeshtër, mjesht
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Byzantine Greek: μαΐστωρ (maḯstōr), μάστορας (mástoras)
- Greek: μάστορας (mástoras)
- Finnish: maisteri
- Old Church Slavonic: мастеръ (masterŭ)
- → Russian: мастер (master)
From magister:
- Belarusian: магістр (mahistr)
- Bulgarian: магистър (magistǎr)
- Crimean Tatar: magistr
- Czech: magistr
- English: magister
- Estonian: magister
- French: magister
- German: Magister
ReferencesEdit
- “magister”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “magister”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magister in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to receive instruction from some one: disciplina alicuius uti, magistro aliquo uti
- a teacher of rhetoric: rhetor, dicendi magister
- a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
- to receive instruction from some one: disciplina alicuius uti, magistro aliquo uti
- “magister”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magister in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “magister”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistere or magistre or magistrer, definite plural magisterne or magistrene)
- The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)
ReferencesEdit
- “magister” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistrar, definite plural magistrane)
- The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)
ReferencesEdit
- “magister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
magister m (genitive magistir, nominative plural magistir)
- master, teacher
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
- Do·adbadar sund trá causa pro qua scripta est æpistola .i. irbága ro·bátar leosom eter desciplu et debe; óentu immurgu eter a magistru.
- Here, then is shown the reason for which the epistle was written, i.e. they had had contentions and disagreements between the disciples; unity, however, among their masters.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
DeclensionEdit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | magister | magisterL | magistirL |
Vocative | magistir | magisterL | magistruH |
Accusative | magisterN | magisterL | magistruH |
Genitive | magistirL | magister | magisterN |
Dative | magisterL | magistraib | magistraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
magister also mmagister after a proclitic |
magister pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maigister, maigistir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin magister. Doublet of majster (“foreman”) and mistrz (“champion, master”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
magister m pers (abbreviation mgr)
- magister (possessor of a master's degree)
- master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Synonyms: magisterium, magisterka
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | magister | magistrzy/magistrowie |
genitive | magistra | magistrów |
dative | magistrowi | magistrom |
accusative | magistra | magistrów |
instrumental | magistrem | magistrami |
locative | magistrze | magistrach |
vocative | magistrze | magistrzy/magistrowie |
NounEdit
magister f (abbreviation mgr)
- female equivalent of magister (“The possessor of a master's degree”)
DeclensionEdit
Indeclinable.
Related termsEdit
- (nouns) magisterka f, magisterium n, magistrant m pers, magistrantka f
- (adjective) magisterski
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- magister in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- magister in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
magister m (plural magisters)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) male teacher
SynonymsEdit
Coordinate termsEdit
- (in terms of gender): magistra