different between magus vs ragus

English

Etymology

From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek ????? (mágos, “magician”), from ????? (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see ????? for details). Doublet of mage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me???s/
• Rhymes: -e???s

Noun

magus (plural magi)

1. A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
2. (Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.

Usage notes

The two meanings overlap in classical usage – both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of “Zoroaster” as the “inventor” of astrology and magic. The first meaning (“magician”) derives from the sense of “practitioner of the Zoroaster’s craft”, and the second meaning (“priest”) from the sense of “practitioner of Zoroaster’s religion”.

Translations

Anagrams

• gaums, sagum

Estonian

Etymology

From magu +? -s, an archaic word meaning "taste", "flavour".

Adjective

magus (genitive magusa, partitive magusat)

1. sweet (taste)

Declension

Derived terms

• magustama
• magustoit

Gothic

Romanization

magus

1. Romanization of ????????????????????

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (mágos, “magician”), from ????? (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see ????? (Mágos) for details)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma.?us/, [?mä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.?us/, [?m???us]

Adjective

magus (feminine maga, neuter magum); first/second-declension adjective

1. magic, magical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

magus m (genitive mag?); second declension

1. (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan, wizard
2. (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest

Note: the two meanings overlap in classical usage— both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of "Zoroaster" as the "inventor" of astrology and magic. The first meaning ('magician') derives from the sense of "practitioner of the Zoroaster's craft", and the second meaning ('priest') from the sense of "practitioner of Zoroaster's religion".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• maga

Related terms

• magicus

Descendants

• ? Dutch: magiër
• ? English: Magi, mage, magus
• French: mage
• Italian: mago
• Piedmontese: mago
• Portuguese: mago
• ? Spanish: mago
  • ? Cebuano: mago

References

• magus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• magus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• magus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• magus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• magus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Noun

ragus

1. plural of ragu

Anagrams

• Argus, Guras, Sugar, argus, gaurs, guars, sugar

Latvian

Noun

ragus m

1. accusative plural form of rags