μαγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μᾰγῐ́ς • (măgĭ́s) f (genitive μᾰγῐ́δος); third declension

  1. any kneaded mass, cake
  2. cake offered to Hecate and Trophonius
  3. kind of small cheese-pudding
  4. kneading trough or dresser
  5. small table
  6. round pan or plate for placing on the tripod

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μᾰγῐ́ς; τῆς μᾰγῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μᾰγῐ́ς
hē măgĭ́s 		τὼ μᾰγῐ́δε
tṑ măgĭ́de 		αἱ μᾰγῐ́δες
hai măgĭ́des
Genitive τῆς μᾰγῐ́δος
tês măgĭ́dos 		τοῖν μᾰγῐ́δοιν
toîn măgĭ́doin 		τῶν μᾰγῐ́δων
tôn măgĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ μᾰγῐ́δῐ
tēî măgĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν μᾰγῐ́δοιν
toîn măgĭ́doin 		ταῖς μᾰγῐ́σῐ / μᾰγῐ́σῐν
taîs măgĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν μᾰγῐ́δᾰ
tḕn măgĭ́dă 		τὼ μᾰγῐ́δε
tṑ măgĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς μᾰγῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s măgĭ́dăs
Vocative μᾰγῐ́ς
măgĭ́s 		μᾰγῐ́δε
măgĭ́de 		μᾰγῐ́δες
măgĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

  • μαγίδιον (magídion)

Descendants

  • → Georgian: მაგიდა (magida)
  • → Latin: magida, magis (see there for further descendants)
  • → Laz: მაგიდა (magida)
  • →? Ge'ez: ማእድ (maʾədd) (see there for further descendants)

References

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