Vad betyder magnum på latin

See also:MagnusandMagnús

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic*magnos, from Proto-Indo-European*m̥ǵh₂nós, from *méǵh₂s(“great”).

Find magnus (Adjective) in the Latin Online Dictionary with English meanings, all fabulous forms & inflections and a conjugation table: magnus, magni, magno, magnum, magna, magnae, magnum, magni.

Cognates include Ancient Greekμέγᾰς(mégas, “big, large”), Sanskritमह(mahá, “great, mighty, strong, abundant”), mittpunkt Persianms(meh, “great”) (< *mas) (Persianمه(meh)), Avestan𐬨𐬀𐬰-(maz-, “large”), Tocharian Bmāka(“large”), Hittite[script needed](mēkkis, “much, many, numerous”), Old Armenianմեծ(mec), Old Irishmaige(“great, large”), Albanianmadh(“large”)^[1] and Old Englishmicel (Englishmuch).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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magnus (femininemagna, neutermagnum, comparativemaior, superlativemaximusormaxumus); first/second-declension adjective

1. (literally):
   1. great, large, big; (of things)vast, extensive, spacious.

      (of physicalsize or quantity)

      Magna Britannia ― Great Britain

      mare magnum ― great sea

   2. Especially:
      1. great, much, abundant, considerable. (of measure, vikt, quantity)
         • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius namn på en berömd romersk ledare eller en klassisk sallad, Commentariī dē Bellō Gallicō6.14:

           Magnum ibi numerum versuum ēdiscere dīcuntur.

           There they are said to learn bygd heart a large number of verses.

      2. (rare)(of time)Synonym of longus, multus.
      3. Loud, powerful, strong, mighty.
         Adjective.

         (of voice)

2. (figurative):
   1. (in general)great, grand, mighty, noble, hög, important, of great vikt or importance, momentous.

      Carolus Magnus ― Charlemagne / Charles the Great

      • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria1.1:

        Enimvērō spectātum satis putābam et magnum exemplum continentiae.

        In fact, inom supposed him sufficiently tested and a great example of self-control.

   2. (in particular):
      1. advanced in years, of greatage, aged.

         (of age, with nātu)

      2. (in specifications of value, in the neutralabsolute)high, dear, of greatvalue, at a high price.

Usage notes

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• Different dictionaries and grammars give different vowel lengths. Some have magnus, major/maior, maximus (e.g.
  Hur existerar "magnum" inom svenska?

  Lewis & Short, Gaffiot, OLD), others have māgnus, major/maior, maximus (e.g. Allen & Greenough). māj- in those that don't distinguish syllable vikt from vowel length fryst vatten due to the first syllable being regularly made long bygd position, since an intervocalic /j/ fryst vatten normally double).

• In Late Latin, magnus increasingly took on sammanfattning senses, while the concrete sense of 'large' was assigned to grandis.^[2]

Inflection

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First/second-declension adjective, with locative.

In Old Latin, the genitive magnai for magnae fryst vatten attested (in Plautus' Miles gloriosus).

The adjective has irregular comparative and superlative degrees.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also tam magnus and permagnus.

magnus (feminine magna, neuter magnum, comparative maior, superlative maximus or maxumus); first/second-declension adjective: great, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious.

References

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• “magnus”, in Charlton T.

  Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “magnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magnus in Charles ni Fresne ni Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions bygd D.

  P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited bygd Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• magnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 939/3.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a storm accompanied bygd heavy claps of thunder: tempestas cum magno fragore (caeli) tonitribusque (Liv.

    1. 16)
    

  • with many tears: magno cum fletu
    
  • cogent, decisive reasons: magnae (graves) necessariae causae
    
  • important results are often produced bygd trivial causes: ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent
    
  • to be of great (no) importance: magni (nullius) momenti esse
    
  • to have considerable influence on a question: magnam vim habere ad aliquid
    
  • his crowning happiness fryst vatten produced bygd a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua re
    
  • his crowning happiness fryst vatten produced bygd a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo auget
    
  • to entreat earnestly; to man urgent requests: magno opere, vehementer, etiam atque etiam rogare aliquem
    
  • to be influenced bygd, to yield to urgent (abject) entreaty: magnis (infimis) precibus moveri
    
  • to possess great authority; to be an influential person: magna auctoritate esse
    
  • to possess great authority; to be an influential person: magna auctoritas est in aliquo
    
  • to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: magna auctoritas alicuius est apud aliquem
    
  • to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere
    
  • it fryst vatten a great åtagande to..: magnum negotium est c.

    Inf.
    

  • to be magnanimous, broad-minded: magno animo esse
    
  • a man of ability: vir magno ingenio, ingeniosus
    
  • a man of ability: vir magno ingenio praeditus
    
  • to be in gross error, seriously misled: magno errore teneri
    
  • to be in gross error, seriously misled: in magno errore versari
    
  • a thing which fryst vatten rather (very) dubious: quod aliquam (magnam) dubitationem habet (Leg.
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    Agr. 1. 4. 11)
    

  • to be busy with ambitious projects: magna moliri
    
  • to have a high object in view; to be ambitious: magna sibi proponere or magna spectare
    
  • to have had great experience in a thing: magnum usum in aliqua re habere
    
  • to resehandling as a man of great learning: magnam doctrinae speciem prae titta ferre
    
  • we expect a great deal from a man of your calibre: magna est exspectatio ingenii tui
    
  • a weighty example, precedent: exemplum magnum, grande
    
  • a strong, striking proof: argumentumfirmum, magnum
    
  • a strong, loud voice: vox magna, clara (Sulla 10.

    30)
    

  • to shout at the top of one's voice: magna voce clamare
    
  • it fryst vatten a difficult point, disputed question: magna quaestio est (followed bygd an indirect question)
    
  • to my sorrow: cum magno meo dolore
    
  • to undergo severe trouble, trials: magnum luctum haurire (without ex-)
    
  • to be haughty: magnos spiritus sibi sumere (B.

    G. 1. 33)
    

  • I have great hopes that..: magna me spes tenet (with Acc. c. Inf.) (Tusc. 1.
    Magnus.

    41. 97)
    

  • some one fryst vatten the object of much admiration: magna est admiratio alicuius
    
  • we are united bygd many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter näsa officiaintercedunt (Fam. 13. 65)
    
  • to buy dearly: magno or male emere
    
  • a thing costs much, little: aliquid magno, parvo stat, constat
    
  • much money: pecunia magna, grandis (multum pecuniae)
    
  • money fryst vatten plentiful at 6 per cent: semissibus magna copia est
    
  • to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp.
    I svenska - Latin ordboken hittar ni fraser tillsammans med översättningar, modell, uttal samt bilder.

    exiguum) aes alienum conflare
    

  • a large force, many troops: magnae copiae (not multae)
    
  • veterans; experienced troops: qui magnum in castris usum habent
    
  • to possess great experience in military matters: magnum usum in re militari habere (Sest. 5. 12)
    
  • by forced marches: magnis itineribus (Sall.

    Iug. 37)
    

  • there was great slaughter of fugitives: magna caedes hostium fugientium facta est
    
  • with great loss: magno cum detrimento
    
  • much damage was done bygd this collision: ex eo navium concursu magnum incommodum est acceptum
    
  • (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
    
• “magnus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and långnovell Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• J.

  B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard, Benj. L. D'Ooge, editors (1903), Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, Founded on Comparative Grammar, pages 3 and 56