magnanimus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maŋˈna.nɪ.mʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maɲˈɲaː.ni.mus]

Adjective

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	magnanimus	magnanima	magnanimum	magnanimī	magnanimae	magnanima
genitive	magnanimī	magnanimae	magnanimī	magnanimōrum	magnanimārum	magnanimōrum
dative	magnanimō	magnanimae	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.