1. μάγος · magos — Beekes
member of the Median caste of priests, Magus
The corpus record
Μάγος
*magos
member of the Median caste of priests, Magus
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Histories 65 · 3.54/10k
- Matthew 4 · 2.23/10k
- On the Sacred Disease 1 · 2.18/10k
- Daniel (LXX) 2 · 1.9/10k
- Cyropaedia 12 · 1.52/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 14 · 1.31/10k
- Acts 2 · 1.11/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
- Enneads 6 · 0.28/10k
- Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Senses
2. μάγος · magos — Chantraine
m
3. μάγος · magos — Frisk
m
4. μάγος · magos — Frisk
Ausführlich Schmitt Glotta 49 (1971) 105-107 m
5. Μάγος · Magos — LSJ
Magian, one of the priests and wise men in Persia, enchanter, wizard
Attestations
- μάγοι · magoi Plato, Republic 9.573 (DIORISIS sentence 5333)
- Μάγοι · Magoi Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4139)
- μάγων · magōn Plotinus, Enneads 1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 290)
- μάγου · magou Plotinus, Enneads 1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 449)
- μάγοις · magois Plotinus, Enneads 2.9 (DIORISIS sentence 1287)
- μάγων · magōn Plotinus, Enneads 4.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2553)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 940; entry #3856 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 673; entry #4975 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1128-1129; entry #3671 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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