magus
πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it
Latin > English
magus maga, magum ADJ :: magic, magical
magus magus magi N M :: wise/learned man; magician (Persian); astrologer
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
măgus: a, um, adj. 1. magus,
I magic, magical (poet.): artes, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 5: manus, id. Med. fac. 36: carmen, Sen. Herc. Oet. 467.
măgus: i, m., and măga, ae, f., = μάγος.
I In the masc., a Magian, a learned man and magician among the Persians: ei magos dixisse, quod genus sapientum et doctorum habebatur in Persis, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; 1, 41, 90; id. Leg. 2, 10, 26; id. N. D. 1, 16, 43 al.: Augur, schoenobates, medicus, magus, omnia novit, Juv. 3, 77; App. d. Dog. 1, 3, p. 186: nam si (quod ego apud plurimos lego), Persarum linguā magus est, qui nostrā sacerdos, etc., id. Mag. 25, p. 290, 20.—
II In the fem., a female magician, enchantress: cantusque artesque magarum, v. l. Ov. M. 7, 195 (al. leg. magorum): Circe maga famosissima, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) măgus,¹⁴ a, um, de magie, magique : Ov. Med. 36 ; Am. 1, 8, 5 ; Sen. Herc. Œt. 467.
(2) măgus,¹² ī, m. (μάγος), mage, prêtre chez les Perses : Cic. Div. 1, 46 ; Nat. 1, 43 || magicien, sorcier : Ov. M. 7, 195.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) magus1, a, um, zauberisch, magisch, ars, Ov. med. fac. 36: artes, Ov. am. 1, 8, 5: carmen, Sen. Herc. Oet. 467 (470).
(2) magus2, ī, m. (μάγος), ein Weiser u. Gelehrter bei den Persern, ein Magier, Cic. u.a.: als Zauberer, Beschwörer, Hor. u. Lucan.
