magnifico
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian magnifico. Doublet of magnific.
Noun edit
magnifico (plural magnificos or magnificoes)
- (obsolete) A grandee or nobleman of Venice.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 12:
- For be assured of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloved,
- (obsolete) A rector of a German university.
Translations edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “magnifico”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin magnificus.
Adjective edit
magnifico (feminine magnifica, masculine plural magnifici, feminine plural magnifiche)
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
magnifico
Further reading edit
- magnifico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From magnificus (“noble, august”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maɡˈni.fi.koː/, [mäŋˈnɪfɪkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.ko/, [mäɲˈɲiːfiko]
Verb edit
magnificō (present infinitive magnificāre, perfect active magnificāvī, supine magnificātum); first conjugation
Conjugation edit
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Descendants edit
- → French: magnifier
- → English: magnify
- → Italian: magnificare
References edit
- “magnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “magnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magnifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
magnifico
Spanish edit
Verb edit
magnifico