magnas

See also: mágnás

French

Verb

magnas

  1. second-person singular past historic of magner

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From magnus.

Pronunciation

Noun

magnās m (genitive magnātis); third declension

  1. a great man, important person, magnate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative magnās magnātēs
genitive magnātis magnātum
dative magnātī magnātibus
accusative magnātem magnātēs
ablative magnāte magnātibus
vocative magnās magnātēs

Descendants

  • English: magnate
  • Italian: magnate
  • Portuguese: magnate, magnata
  • Spanish: magnate

Adjective

magnās

  1. accusative feminine plural of magnus

References

  • magnas and magnatus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
  • "magnas", 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)
  • magnas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: magnas opes habere
    • (ambiguous) to have a large income from a thing (e.g. from mines): magnas pecunias ex aliqua re (e.g. ex metallis) facere
    • (ambiguous) to perform heroic exploits: magnas res gerere

Middle English

Noun

magnas

  1. alternative form of magnes

Portuguese

Adjective

magnas

  1. feminine plural of magno

Spanish

Adjective

magnas

  1. feminine plural of magno