The corpus record

Μάγος

*magos · ὁ

Magian, one of the priests and wise men in Persia, enchanter, wizard

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Where it lives

Histories 65 · 3.54/10k
Matthew 4 · 2.23/10k
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

What it meant — LSJ

2 one of the priests and wise men in Persia

one of the priests and wise men in Persia who interpreted dreams, Hdt. 7.37, al., Arist. Fr. 36, Phoen. 1.5, Ev.Matt. 2.1.

3 enchanter, wizard, impostor, charlatan

enchanter, wizard, esp. in bad sense, impostor, charlatan, Heraclit. 14, S. OT 387, E. Or. 1498 (lyr.), Pl. R. 572e, Act.Ap. 13.6, Vett.Val. 74.17: also fem., Luc. Asin. 4, AP 5.15 (Marc. Arg.).

II magical

μάγος, ον, as Adj., magical, μάγῳ τέχνῃ πράττειν τι Philostr. VA 1.2; κεστοῦ φωνεῦσα μαγώτερα AP 5.120 (Phld.). (OPers. maguš ‘Magian’.)

In the wild

Μάγοι · Magoi Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4139)
Μάγων · Magōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 48)
Μάγων · Magōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 52)
Μάγων · Magōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 55)
Μάγους · Magous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 8)
Μάγους · Magous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 33)

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