Magnes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs, “Magnesian”). Used in the plural as a noun.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.neːs/, [ˈmäŋneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲ.ɲes/, [ˈmäɲːes]

Adjective

Magnes (feminine Magnessa or Magnētis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Magnesian; of Magnesia
   • 46 BCE, Cicero, Brutus 316.1:

     Adsiduissime autem mecum fuit Dionysius Magnes; erat etiam Aeschylus Cnidius, Adramyttenus Xenocles.

   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 4.11.2.10:

     Demetri Magnetis tibi mitto statim, ut sit qui a te mihi epistulam referat.

   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 8.11.7.6:

     Memini librum tibi adferri a Demetrio Magnete ad te missum περὶ ὁμονοίας.

   • c. 90 CE, Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2.9:

     Attollit tondentes pabula Magnes
     campus equos: vidisse putant Dolopeia busta
     intrantemque Amyron curvas quaesita per oras
     aequora, flumineo cuius redeuntia vento
     vela legunt.

Declension

Third-declension adjective, masculine only.

	singular	plural
nominative	Magnēs	Magnētes Magnētēs
genitive	Magnētis	Magnētum
dative	Magnētī	Magnētibus
accusative	Magnēta Magnētem	Magnētas Magnētēs
ablative	Magnēte	Magnētibus
vocative	Magnēs	Magnētes Magnētēs

Derived terms

• magnēs

References

• “Magnes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Magnesia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Magnes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Magnes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.