magnanimus

Latin

Etymology

From magnus (“big”) +‎ animus (“soul, spirit”), calque of Ancient Greek μεγαλόψυχος (megalópsukhos). Compare pusillanimis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maɡˈna.ni.mus/, [mäŋˈnänɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maɲˈɲa.ni.mus/, [mäɲˈɲäːnimus]

Adjective

magnanimus (feminine magnanima, neuter magnanimum, comparative magis magnanimus, superlative maximē magnanimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. brave, bold, noble
2. magnanimous
3. generous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	magnanimus	magnanima	magnanimum		magnanimī	magnanimae	magnanima
Genitive	magnanimī	magnanimae	magnanimī		magnanimōrum	magnanimārum	magnanimōrum
Dative	magnanimō		magnanimō		magnanimīs
Accusative	magnanimum	magnanimam	magnanimum		magnanimōs	magnanimās	magnanima
Ablative	magnanimō	magnanimā	magnanimō		magnanimīs
Vocative	magnanime	magnanima	magnanimum		magnanimī	magnanimae	magnanima

Derived terms

• magnanimitas

Descendants

• → Catalan: magnànim
• → English: magnanimous
• → French: magnanime
• → Galician: magnánimo
• → Italian: magnanimo
• → Portuguese: magnânimo
• → Romanian: mărinimos (calque)
• → Spanish: magnánimo

References

• “magnanimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “magnanimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magnanimus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• magnanimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.