magis

See also: Magis.

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin magis

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: mŏ'jĭs, IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.d͡ʒɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɑdʒɪs

Noun

magis (uncountable)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) The philosophy of striving to do more for Jesus Christ, associated with Ignatian spirituality and the Society of Jesus.

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch magisch (magical).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɡɪs
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gis

Adjective

magis (comparative lebih magis, superlative paling magis)

  1. magical

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Malay: magis

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

Synchronically, comparative of magnopere (much, greatly), adverbial form of magnus (big, great), built from its root + Proto-Indo-European *-is, zero-grade of *-yōs. Full grade in maior/maius.

Diachronically from Proto-Italic *magis, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂-is from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

magis (not comparable)

  1. more, the more, in a greater measure, to a greater extent
    eo magisall the more
    magis magisque (or) et magismore and more
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.452–453:
      Quō magis inceptum peragat lūcemque relinquat, / vīdit, [...].
      What’s more, that she might fulfill her resolve to leave the light, she saw, [...].
      (Dido, who is already contemplating suicide, now sees portents of doom.)
  2. more greatly
  3. better
  4. rather
    ac magisbut rather
    sed magisbut rather
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Insular-Romance:
    • Sardinian: mai, ma (but)
  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: ma
    • Romanian: mai
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: masse (too much), mai (never), ma (but)
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Germanic:

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

magīs m

  1. dative/ablative plural of magus

References

  • magis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • magis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "magis", 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)
  • magis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • immorality is daily gaining ground: mores in dies magis labuntur (also with ad, e.g. ad mollitiem)
  • magis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian magis, from Dutch magisch. Doublet of Majusi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛ.d͡ʒis], [ma.ɡes]
    • Audio (Malaysia, [mɛ.d͡ʒis]):(file)
    • Audio (Malaysia, [ma.ɡes]):(file)
  • Rhymes: -is, -es
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gis

Adjective

magis (Jawi spelling ماݢيس)

  1. magical

Noun

magis (Jawi spelling ماݢيس)

  1. magic

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

magis

  1. alternative form of mages