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Mago

Mago · m

A Carthaginian, the brother of Hannibal

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Māgo — Lewis & Short

Māgo and Māgon, ōnis, m., *ma/gwn.

I A Carthaginian, the brother of Hannibal, Nep. Hann. 7, 4; 8, 2; Liv. 21, 47; 4, 6; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 49; Sil. 11, 556; and perhaps also id. 4, 564.—
II Another Carthaginian, the author of a work on agriculture, which was afterwards translated into Latin by order of the Roman Senate, Cic. Or. 1, 58, 249; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 10; Col. 1, 1, 13; Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22.—
III A son of Hamilcar the elder, Just. 19, 2, 1.—
IV A town in the Balearic islands, now Port Mahon, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 77.

In the wild

6 of 131 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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