magnanimus
Latin
Etymology
From magnus (“big”) + animus (“soul, spirit”), so literally "big spirit", itself a calque of Ancient Greek μεγαλόψυχος (megalópsukhos). Compare pusillanimis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maɡˈna.ni.mus/, [maŋˈna.nɪ.mʊs]
Adjective
magnanimus (feminine magnanima, neuter magnanimum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | magnanimus | magnanima | magnanimum | magnanimī | magnanimae | magnanima | |
| genitive | magnanimī | magnanimae | magnanimī | magnanimōrum | magnanimārum | magnanimōrum | |
| dative | magnanimō | magnanimō | magnanimīs | ||||
| accusative | magnanimum | magnanimam | magnanimum | magnanimōs | magnanimās | magnanima | |
| ablative | magnanimō | magnanimā | magnanimō | magnanimīs | |||
| vocative | magnanime | magnanima | magnanimum | magnanimī | magnanimae | magnanima | |
- comparative: magis magnanimus, superlative: maxime magnanimus
Descendants
- → English: magnanimous
- French: magnanime
- Italian: magnanimo
- Portuguese: magnânimo
- Spanish: magnánimo
References
- magnanimus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- magnanimus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magnanimus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- magnanimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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