magnificus

Latin

Etymology

From magnus +‎ -ficus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

magnificus (feminine magnifica, neuter magnificum, comparative magnificentior, superlative magnificentissimus, adverb magnificē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. great, noble, distinguished, eminent, august
  2. splendid, rich, fine, costly, sumptuous, magnificent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative magnificus magnifica magnificum magnificī magnificae magnifica
genitive magnificī magnificae magnificī magnificōrum magnificārum magnificōrum
dative magnificō magnificae magnificō magnificīs
accusative magnificum magnificam magnificum magnificōs magnificās magnifica
ablative magnificō magnificā magnificō magnificīs
vocative magnifice magnifica magnificum magnificī magnificae magnifica

Descendants

  • → Catalan: magnífic
  • → English: magnific
  • → French: magnifique
  • → Galician: magnífico
  • → Italian: magnifico
  • → Piedmontese: magnìfich
  • → Portuguese: magnífico
  • → Romanian: magnific
  • → Spanish: magnífico

References

  • “magnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “magnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "magnificus", 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)
  • magnificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
    • (ambiguous) (1) to speak vehemently, passionately; (2) to speak pompously, boastfully: magnifice loqui, dicere
    • (ambiguous) to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)
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