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Μάγνης

magnes · ὁ

Magnesian, Magnesia, Magnesian

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What it meant — LSJ

Magnesian, Magnesia, Magnesian

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, ἵπποι Pi. P. 2.45, cf. S. Fr. 1066.

2

Μάγνης (sc. οἶνος), ὁ, Hermipp. 82.

b

a throw of the dice, Hsch.

II the magnet

Μαγνῆτις λίθος, ἡ, the magnet, E. Fr. 567, cf. Pl. Ion 533d, 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 a mineral, talc

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.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Μάγνης (scan p. 673; entry #4974).

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