magnificus

Latin

Etymology

From magnus +‎ -ficus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maɡˈni.fi.kus/, [mäŋˈnɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.kus/, [mäɲˈɲiːfikus]

Adjective

magnificus (feminine magnifica, neuter magnificum, comparative magnificentior, superlative magnificentissimus, adverb magnificē); first/second-declension adjective

1. great, noble, distinguished, eminent, august
2. splendid, rich, fine, costly, sumptuous, magnificent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	magnificus	magnifica	magnificum		magnificī	magnificae	magnifica
Genitive	magnificī	magnificae	magnificī		magnificōrum	magnificārum	magnificōrum
Dative	magnificō		magnificō		magnificīs
Accusative	magnificum	magnificam	magnificum		magnificōs	magnificās	magnifica
Ablative	magnificō	magnificā	magnificō		magnificīs
Vocative	magnifice	magnifica	magnificum		magnificī	magnificae	magnifica

Descendants

• → Catalan: magnífic
• → English: magnific
• → French: magnifique
• → Galician: magnífico
• → Italian: magnifico
• → Piedmontese: magnìfich
• → Portuguese: magnífico
• → Romanian: magnific
• → Spanish: magnífico

References

• “magnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “magnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magnificus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• magnificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
    
  • (ambiguous) (1) to speak vehemently, passionately; (2) to speak pompously, boastfully: magnifice loqui, dicere
    
  • (ambiguous) to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)