The corpus record

μᾰγῐκός

magikos

Magian, magical, magic

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Where it lives

Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Magian

Magian, λόγοι Plu. Them. 29: Μαγικός, ὁ (sc. λόγος), title of work by Antisthenes, Suid. s.v. Ἀντισθένης, or Aristotle, D.L. 1.1.

II magical, magic

magical, βίβλοι Ps.-Phoc. 149; μ. τέχνη magic, LXX Wi. 17.7; ἡ μ. Ph. 2.316.

2 skilled in magic

of persons, skilled in magic, Ptol. Tetr. 72.

In the wild

Μαγικῷ · Magikōi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 42)
Μαγικῷ · Magikōi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 2)
μαγικῆς · magikēs Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 17

Where it came from

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