Μάγνης
ἐβόα καὶ βαρβαρικῶς καὶ Ἑλληνικῶς → shouted out both in Persian and Greek, shouted out in the barbarian tongue and in Greek
English (LSJ)
ητος, ὁ, Magnesian, i.e. a dweller in Magnesia in Thessaly, Il.2.756, S.El.705, etc.; or in Magnesia in Lydia, Hdt.3.90, etc.: —fem. Μάγνησσα Theoc.22.79:—hence Μαγνησίη, ἡ, Magnesia in Asia, Hdt.3.122, al.; in Thessaly, Id.7.176, al.:—Adj. Μαγνητικός, ή, όν, Magnesian, A.Pers.492: fem. Μαγνῆτις, ιδος
A, ἵπποι Pi.P.2.45, cf. S.Fr.1066. 2 Μάγνης (sc. οἶνος), ὁ, Hermipp.82. b a throw of the dice, Hsch. II Μαγνῆτις λίθος, ἡ, the magnet, E.Fr.567, cf. Pl.Ion533d, Eub.77, etc.: without λίθος, Sch.Pl.R.600a; also ἡ Μαγνησίη λίθος Hp.Int.21, cf. Ach.Tat.1.17; ἡ Μάγνησσα Orph. L.307; ὁ Μάγνης λίθος Porph.Abst.4.20; ὁ M. alone, Alex.Aphr. Pr.2.59; M. ὁ πνέων PMag.Par.1.2631; also ὁ Μαγνήτης λίθος Dsc. 5.130, Phlp.in Ph.403.23; ἡ Μαγνῆτις πέτρα Dsc.5.126. 2 Μαγνῆτις λίθος, also, a mineral resembling silver, prob. a kind of talc, Thphr.Lap.41. III μαγνησία, ἡ, name of several ores and metallic amalgams, Zos.Alch.p.188 B., Maria ap.eund.p.192 B.
