magno

See also: Magno, magnó, and magnò

Italian

Etymology

From Latin magnus, from Proto-Italic *magnos, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɲo/, [ˈmäɲːo]
  • Rhymes: -aɲɲo
  • Hyphenation: mà‧gno

Adjective

magno (feminine singular magna, masculine plural magni, feminine plural magne)

  1. (archaic, literary) great, mighty
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier (2002), Canto XV, p. 273-274 vv. 49-52:
      E seguì: «Grato e lontano digiuno, ¶ tratto leggendo dal magno volume [...]»
      And it continued: "Hunger long and grateful, ¶ drawn from the reading of the mighty volume [...]»
    Synonym: grande

Verb
  1. (transitive, slang, dialectal, Central and Southern Italy) first-person singular present of magnare

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Latin

Adjective

magnō

  1. dative masculine singular of magnus
  2. dative neuter singular of magnus
  3. ablative masculine singular of magnus
  4. ablative neuter singular of magnus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magnus. Compare the inherited doublet maño, now disused or archaic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɡno/, [ˈmaɣno]

Adjective

magno (feminine singular magna, masculine plural magnos, feminine plural magnas)

  1. great

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