μάγος — meaning in English
Magos
Greek → English · translate English → Greek instead
English meaning
- Magi noun The wise men from the East, traditionally three, said to have visited the infant Jesus bearing gifts.
- magician noun A performer of illusions and tricks designed to look like magic.
- magus noun A magician or sorcerer, sometimes used disapprovingly to mean a fraud or trickster.
- sorcerer noun Someone who practises magic; a wizard.
- wizard noun In folklore and fantasy fiction, a man who practises magic; a sorcerer.
Senses
μάγος is used for these senses in English:
- Magi (Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).
- magician A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
- magus A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
- sorcerer (mythology, folklore, fantasy) A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
- wizard Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
- wizard One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
magician — full definition
- noun A performer of illusions and tricks designed to look like magic.
- noun A person believed to practice real magic or sorcery, especially in fiction and folklore.
- noun Someone remarkably skilled at a craft, as if by magic.