DictionaryRoot: magnus
Latin
magnus
great or large
Forms
- magnus
- magn- — Used before other endings.
- magni- — Used in some compounds.
Origin
An ancient Indo-European size word with relatives in Greek and Germanic.
Note
Size readily extends to importance, force, or esteem.
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noun
magnum
A wine bottle holding about twice the standard amount.
Etymology
Magnum comes from the Latin adjective for large, used in its neuter form. The bottle-name emphasizes its larger capacity compared with a standard wine bottle.