different between druid vs magus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French druide, from Old French, via Latin Druidae, from Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally “oak-knower”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) and *weyd- (“to see”).

The earliest record of the term in Latin is by Julius Caesar in the first century B.C. in his De Bello Gallico. The native Celtic word for "druid" is first attested in Latin texts as druides (plural) and other texts also employ the form druidae (akin to the Greek form). Cognate with the later insular Celtic words, Old Irish druí (“druid, sorcerer”) and early Welsh dryw (“seer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?u?.?d/
• Rhymes: -u??d

Noun

druid (plural druids)

1. One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.

Usage notes

• Often capitalized: Druid.

Derived terms

• druidic
• druidism

Translations

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?????d?/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish truit f (“starling”), from Proto-Celtic *trozdis, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”); compare Latin turdus, German Drossel, and English thrush.

Noun

druid f (genitive singular druide, nominative plural druideanna)

1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Declension

Alternative forms

• druideog

Etymology 2

From Old Irish druitid (“shuts, closes; moves close (to), presses (against); approaches; moves away from, abandons”), possibly related to Welsh drws (“door”).

Verb

druid (present analytic druideann, future analytic druidfidh, verbal noun druidim, past participle druidte) (transitive, intransitive)

1. (Ulster) close, shut
2. move relative to something
   1. (with le) move close to, draw near, approach
   2. (with ar) close upon
   3. (with ó) move away from

Conjugation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

druid m

1. genitive singular of drud

Mutation

Further reading

• "druid" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “truit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “druitid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “druidim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “druid” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dru.ið?/

Noun

druïd

1. inflection of druí:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual
   3. nominative plural

Mutation

Polish

Etymology

From Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally “oak-knower”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) and *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dru.it/

Noun

druid m pers (feminine druidka)

1. druid

Declension

Further reading

• druid in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French druide, from Latin Druidae.

Noun

druid m (plural druizi)

1. druid

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish truit f (“starling”), from Proto-Celtic *trozdi-, from Proto-Indo-European *trozdo- (“thrush”).

Noun

druid f (genitive singular druide, plural druidean)

1. starling

Etymology 2

From Old Irish druitid (“shuts, closes; moves close (to), presses (against); approaches; moves away from, abandons”), possibly related to Welsh drws (“door”).

Verb

druid (past dhruid, future druididh, verbal noun druideadh, past participle druidte)

1. shut closely
2. cover
3. enclose, surround
4. advance, come up
5. join
6. hasten
7. step toward
8. approach, draw near

Alternative forms

• truid

Mutation

References

• “druid” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “truit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “druitid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Etymology

From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek ????? (mágos, “magician”), from ????? (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see ????? for details). Doublet of mage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me???s/
• Rhymes: -e???s

Noun

magus (plural magi)

1. A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
2. (Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.

Usage notes

The two meanings overlap in classical usage – both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of “Zoroaster” as the “inventor” of astrology and magic. The first meaning (“magician”) derives from the sense of “practitioner of the Zoroaster’s craft”, and the second meaning (“priest”) from the sense of “practitioner of Zoroaster’s religion”.

Translations

Anagrams

• gaums, sagum

Estonian

Etymology

From magu +? -s, an archaic word meaning "taste", "flavour".

Adjective

magus (genitive magusa, partitive magusat)

1. sweet (taste)

Declension

Derived terms

• magustama
• magustoit

Gothic

Romanization

magus

1. Romanization of ????????????????????

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (mágos, “magician”), from ????? (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see ????? (Mágos) for details)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma.?us/, [?mä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.?us/, [?m???us]

Adjective

magus (feminine maga, neuter magum); first/second-declension adjective

1. magic, magical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

magus m (genitive mag?); second declension

1. (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan, wizard
2. (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest

Note: the two meanings overlap in classical usage— both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of "Zoroaster" as the "inventor" of astrology and magic. The first meaning ('magician') derives from the sense of "practitioner of the Zoroaster's craft", and the second meaning ('priest') from the sense of "practitioner of Zoroaster's religion".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• maga

Related terms

• magicus

Descendants

• ? Dutch: magiër
• ? English: Magi, mage, magus
• French: mage
• Italian: mago
• Piedmontese: mago
• Portuguese: mago
• ? Spanish: mago
  • ? Cebuano: mago

References

• magus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• magus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• magus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• magus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• magus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray