magnas

See also: mágnás

French

Verb

magnas

1. second-person singular past historic of magner

Latin

Alternative forms

• magnātus

Etymology

From magnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.naːs/, [ˈmäŋnäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲ.ɲas/, [ˈmäɲːäs]

Noun

magnās m (genitive magnātis); third declension

1. a great man, important person, magnate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	magnās	magnātēs
Genitive	magnātis	magnātum
Dative	magnātī	magnātibus
Accusative	magnātem	magnātēs
Ablative	magnāte	magnātibus
Vocative	magnās	magnātēs

Descendants

• English: magnate
• Italian: magnate
• Portuguese: magnate, magnata

Adjective

magnās

1. accusative feminine plural of magnus

References

• magnas and “magnatus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• magnas 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)
• magnas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: magnas opes habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a large income from a thing (e.g. from mines): magnas pecunias ex aliqua re (e.g. ex metallis) facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to perform heroic exploits: magnas res gerere
    

Middle English

Noun

magnas

1. Alternative form of magnes

Portuguese

Adjective

magnas

1. feminine plural of magno

Spanish

Adjective

magnas

1. feminine plural of magno