Magus

//ˈmeɪɡəs//

Synonyms for "magus" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (4)

Related words (6)

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Translations

41 translations across 22 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • سَاحِر noun (magician)
  • مَجُوس noun (magician)
  • مُشَعْوِذ noun (magician)
  • مُوغِيّ noun (magician)

Armenian

2 entries
  • մոգ noun (magician)
  • մոգ noun (Zoroastrian priest)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • влъхва noun (magician)
  • маг noun (magician)

Catalan

2 entries
  • mag noun (magician)
  • mag noun (Zoroastrian priest)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 魔法师 noun (magician)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • mago noun (Zoroastrian priest)

Estonian

3 entries
  • maag noun (magician)
  • manaja (conjurer) noun (magician)
  • võlur noun (magician)

Finnish

1 entries
  • maagi noun (magician)

French

2 entries
  • mage noun (magician)
  • mage noun (Zoroastrian priest)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მოგვი noun (magician)

Greek

1 entries
  • μάγος noun (magician)

Italian

1 entries
  • mago noun (magician)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 賢者 noun (magician)
  • 魔法使い noun (magician)

Latin

2 entries
  • maga noun (magician)
  • magus noun (magician)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • во́лшебник noun (magician)
  • маг noun (magician)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • mager noun (magician)
  • mager noun (Zoroastrian priest)

Persian

2 entries
  • مغ noun (magician)
  • مغ noun (Zoroastrian priest)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • mago noun (magician)
  • mago noun (Zoroastrian priest)

Russian

4 entries
  • волхв noun (magician)
  • волше́бник noun (magician)
  • куде́сник noun (magician)
  • маг noun (magician)

Spanish

1 entries
  • mago noun (magician)

Swedish

2 entries
  • mager noun (Zoroastrian priest)
  • magier noun (Zoroastrian priest)

Welsh

1 entries
  • magiad noun (magician)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In the middle of the fifth century, Empedocles testified to the vitality of these maguses, who were capable of commanding the winds and of bringing the dead back from Hades and who presented themselves, not as mortals, but as gods.

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It’s from our venerable maguses Gominik Halvor and his son. They’ve cast the runes for our enterprise.

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Court astrologers, who were drawn from the race of the Magi, were among those that formed the royal court [...]

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Mocenigo / [satisfied at last] / Good! Now, tell me, Prior, / What is Rome’s greatest fear? What gives the Pope / More night-mares than bad sausage? / Prior Gabrielli / Heresy! / The rendering of the seamless robe of truth. / This rabble of mountebanks and maguses / Who shout reform, defile the Eucharist, / Flout all authority, elect false bishops, / Deny the Trinity and saving grace, / Abolish marriage, set their private minds / Against the long tradition of the Faith / And Peter’s dictates and the Holy Writ . . .

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