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Magus

noun
(pl. magi)
1.
A magician or sorcerer of ancient times.
2.
A member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians.





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... youths alive he seizes for the pyre, Four, sons of Sulmo, four, whom Ufens bred, Poor victims, doomed to feed the funeral fire, And pour their blood in quittance for the dead. Then from afar a bitter shaft he sped At Magus. Warily he stoops below The quivering steel, that whistles o'er his head, And, like a suppliant, crouching to his foe, Clings to AEneas' knees, and ...
— The Aeneid of Virgil - Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor • Virgil


Words linked to "Magus" :   wizard, non-Christian priest, necromancer, thaumaturge, sorcerer, priest, magician, thaumaturgist


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