magnifico

See also: magnífico, magnificó, and magnificò

English

Etymology

From Italian magnifico. Doublet of magnific.

Noun

magnifico (plural magnificos or magnificoes)

1. (obsolete) A grandee or nobleman of Venice.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], pages 6–7:

     For be ſure of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloued, / And hath in his effect, a voyce potentiall, / As double as the Dukes, he will diuorce you, / Or put vpon you what reſtraint, and greeuance, That law with all his might to inforce it on, / Weele giue him cable.

2. (obsolete) A rector of a German university.

Translations

grandee or nobleman of Venice

• Portuguese: magnífico (pt) m

rector of a German university

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “magnifico”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.ko/
• Rhymes: -ifiko
• Hyphenation: ma‧gnì‧fi‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin magnificus.

Adjective

magnifico (feminine magnifica, masculine plural magnifici, feminine plural magnifiche)

1. magnificent
2. marvellous, wonderful
3. gorgeous, superb
4. generous

Derived terms

• magnificamente

Related terms

• magnificente

Etymology 2

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular present indicative of magnificare

Further reading

• magnifico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From magnificus (“noble, august”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maɡˈni.fi.koː/, [mäŋˈnɪfɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.ko/, [mäɲˈɲiːfiko]

Verb

magnificō (present infinitive magnificāre, perfect active magnificāvī, supine magnificātum); first conjugation

1. to prize, esteem highly
2. to praise, glorify, or extol
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to magnify

Conjugation

Conjugation of magnificō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	magnificō	magnificās	magnificat	magnificāmus	magnificātis	magnificant
	imperfect	magnificābam	magnificābās	magnificābat	magnificābāmus	magnificābātis	magnificābant
	future	magnificābō	magnificābis	magnificābit	magnificābimus	magnificābitis	magnificābunt
	perfect	magnificāvī	magnificāvistī	magnificāvit	magnificāvimus	magnificāvistis	magnificāvērunt, magnificāvēre
	pluperfect	magnificāveram	magnificāverās	magnificāverat	magnificāverāmus	magnificāverātis	magnificāverant
	future perfect	magnificāverō	magnificāveris	magnificāverit	magnificāverimus	magnificāveritis	magnificāverint
passive	present	magnificor	magnificāris, magnificāre	magnificātur	magnificāmur	magnificāminī	magnificantur
	imperfect	magnificābar	magnificābāris, magnificābāre	magnificābātur	magnificābāmur	magnificābāminī	magnificābantur
	future	magnificābor	magnificāberis, magnificābere	magnificābitur	magnificābimur	magnificābiminī	magnificābuntur
	perfect	magnificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	magnificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	magnificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	magnificem	magnificēs	magnificet	magnificēmus	magnificētis	magnificent
	imperfect	magnificārem	magnificārēs	magnificāret	magnificārēmus	magnificārētis	magnificārent
	perfect	magnificāverim	magnificāverīs	magnificāverit	magnificāverīmus	magnificāverītis	magnificāverint
	pluperfect	magnificāvissem	magnificāvissēs	magnificāvisset	magnificāvissēmus	magnificāvissētis	magnificāvissent
passive	present	magnificer	magnificēris, magnificēre	magnificētur	magnificēmur	magnificēminī	magnificentur
	imperfect	magnificārer	magnificārēris, magnificārēre	magnificārētur	magnificārēmur	magnificārēminī	magnificārentur
	perfect	magnificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	magnificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	magnificā	—	—	magnificāte	—
	future	—	magnificātō	magnificātō	—	magnificātōte	magnificantō
passive	present	—	magnificāre	—	—	magnificāminī	—
	future	—	magnificātor	magnificātor	—	—	magnificantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		magnificāre	magnificāvisse	magnificātūrum esse	magnificārī	magnificātum esse	magnificātum īrī
participles		magnificāns	—	magnificātūrus	—	magnificātus	magnificandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		magnificandī	magnificandō	magnificandum	magnificandō	magnificātum	magnificātū

Related terms

• magnifaciō
• magnificē
• magnificēns
• magnificenter
• magnificentia
• magnificus

Descendants

• → English: magnificate
• → Italian: magnificare
• → Middle French: magnifier
  • French: magnifier
  • → Middle English: magnifien
    • English: magnify
• → Portuguese: magnificar
• → Spanish: magnificar

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular present indicative of magnificar

Spanish

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular present indicative of magnificar