magnifico

See also: magnífico, magnificó, and magnificò

English

Etymology

From Italian magnifico. Doublet of magnific.

Noun

magnifico (plural magnificos or magnificoes)

1. (obsolete or historical) A grandee or nobleman of the Republic of Venice.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], pages 6–7:

     For be ſure of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloued, / And hath in his effect, a voyce potentiall, / As double as the Dukes, he will diuorce you, / Or put vpon you what reſtraint, and greeuance, That law with all his might to inforce it on, / Weele giue him cable.

   • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

     I know—I've heard—but no wealth of the imagination can ever really quite reconstruct Tupworthy, the shoddy magnifico, in his immense porcine complacency, his monumental self-importance.

2. (obsolete) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A rector of a German university.

Translations

grandee or nobleman of Venice

• Portuguese: magnífico (pt) m

rector of a German university

References

• “magnifico”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.ko/
• Rhymes: -ifiko
• Hyphenation: ma‧gnì‧fi‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin magnificus.

Adjective

magnifico (feminine magnifica, masculine plural magnifici, feminine plural magnifiche)

1. magnificent
2. marvellous, wonderful
3. gorgeous, superb
4. generous

Derived terms

• magnificamente

Related terms

• magnificente

Etymology 2

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular present indicative of magnificare

Further reading

• “magnifico”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s

Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós

Proto-Italic *magnos

Latin magnus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Latin magnificus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin magnificō

From magnificus (“noble, august”) + -ō (suffix forming verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maŋˈnɪ.fɪ.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maɲˈɲiː.fi.ko]

Verb

magnificō (present infinitive magnificāre, perfect active magnificāvī, supine magnificātum); first conjugation

1. to prize, esteem highly
2. to praise, glorify, or extol
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to magnify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of magnificō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	magnificō		magnificās		magnificat		magnificāmus		magnificātis		magnificant
	imperfect	magnificābam		magnificābās		magnificābat		magnificābāmus		magnificābātis		magnificābant
	future	magnificābō		magnificābis		magnificābit		magnificābimus		magnificābitis		magnificābunt
	perfect	magnificāvī		magnificāvistī		magnificāvit		magnificāvimus		magnificāvistis		magnificāvērunt, magnificāvēre
	pluperfect	magnificāveram		magnificāverās		magnificāverat		magnificāverāmus		magnificāverātis		magnificāverant
	future perfect	magnificāverō		magnificāveris		magnificāverit		magnificāverimus		magnificāveritis		magnificāverint
passive	present	magnificor		magnificāris, magnificāre		magnificātur		magnificāmur		magnificāminī		magnificantur
	imperfect	magnificābar		magnificābāris, magnificābāre		magnificābātur		magnificābāmur		magnificābāminī		magnificābantur
	future	magnificābor		magnificāberis, magnificābere		magnificābitur		magnificābimur		magnificābiminī		magnificābuntur
	perfect	magnificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	magnificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	magnificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	magnificem		magnificēs		magnificet		magnificēmus		magnificētis		magnificent
	imperfect	magnificārem		magnificārēs		magnificāret		magnificārēmus		magnificārētis		magnificārent
	perfect	magnificāverim		magnificāverīs		magnificāverit		magnificāverīmus		magnificāverītis		magnificāverint
	pluperfect	magnificāvissem		magnificāvissēs		magnificāvisset		magnificāvissēmus		magnificāvissētis		magnificāvissent
passive	present	magnificer		magnificēris, magnificēre		magnificētur		magnificēmur		magnificēminī		magnificentur
	imperfect	magnificārer		magnificārēris, magnificārēre		magnificārētur		magnificārēmur		magnificārēminī		magnificārentur
	perfect	magnificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	magnificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		magnificā		—		—		magnificāte		—
	future	—		magnificātō		magnificātō		—		magnificātōte		magnificantō
passive	present	—		magnificāre		—		—		magnificāminī		—
	future	—		magnificātor		magnificātor		—		—		magnificantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		magnificāre			magnificārī			magnificāns			—
future		magnificātūrum esse			magnificātum īrī			magnificātūrus			magnificandus
perfect		magnificāvisse			magnificātum esse			—			magnificātus
future perfect		—			magnificātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		magnificātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		magnificandī		magnificandō		magnificandum		magnificandō		magnificātum		magnificātū

Related terms

• magnifaciō
• magnificē
• magnificēns
• magnificenter
• magnificentia
• magnificus

Descendants

• → English: magnificate
• → Italian: magnificare
• → Middle French: magnifier
  • French: magnifier
  • → Middle English: magnifien
    • English: magnify
• → Portuguese: magnificar
• → Spanish: magnificar

References

• “magnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “magnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “magnifico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular present indicative of magnificar

Spanish

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular present indicative of magnificar