Magi (Latin plural of magus, ancient Greek magos, English singular 'magian', 'mage', 'magus', 'magusian', 'magusaean') is a term, used since at least the 4th century BCE, to denote a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was – in the main – the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the fate that the stars foretold. The meaning prior to Hellenistic period is uncertain.

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  • Magi (Latin plural of magus, ancient Greek magos, English singular 'magian', 'mage', 'magus', 'magusian', 'magusaean') is a term, used since at least the 4th century BCE, to denote a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was – in the main – the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the fate that the stars foretold. The meaning prior to Hellenistic period is uncertain. Pervasive throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia until late antiquity and beyond, Greek mágos "magian"/Magician was influenced by (and eventually displaced) Greek goēs, the older word for a practitioner of magic, to include astrology, alchemy and other forms of esoteric knowledge. This association was in turn the product of the Hellenistic fascination for (Pseudo-)Zoroaster, who was perceived by the Greeks to be the "Chaldean" "founder" of the Magi and "inventor" of both astrology and magic. Among the skeptical thinkers of the period, the term 'magian' acquired a negative connotation and was associated with tricksters and conjurers. This pejorative meaning survives in the words "magic" and "magician". In English, the term "magi" is most commonly used in reference to the Gospel of Matthew's "wise men from the East", or "three wise men" (though that number does not actually appear in Matthew's account, and various sources placed the number anywhere between two and twelve). The plural "magi" entered the English language around 1200, in reference to the Biblical magi of Matthew 2:1. The singular appears considerably later, in the late 14th century, when it was borrowed from Old French in the meaning magician together with magic.
  • Mager oder Magier ist ein Wanderwort, welches spätestens seit dem 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr eine allgemeine Bezeichnung für einen zoroastrischen Priester darstellt. Die Bedeutung des Wortes vor dem 4. Jh. v. Chr. bleibt ungeklärt.
  • Maagi tarkoittaa nykykielessä magiikkaa eli yliluonnollisia taikavoimia hallitsevaa ihmistä – noitaa, taikuria, tietäjää tai šamaania.
  • マギ（ラテン語複数形 magi）は、本来、メディア王国で宗教儀礼をつかさどっていたペルシア系祭司階級の呼称。 単数形はマグス (magus)。アヴェスター語形マグ(magu, maγu)に由来し、ギリシャ語形の単数マゴス (μάγο&sigmaf)、複数マゴイ (μάγοι) を経由しラテン語化した。英語では単数メイガス (magus)、複数メイジャイ (magi)、形容詞メイジャン (magian)。普通名詞なので小文字始まりだが、東方三博士の意味では固有名詞あつかいで大文字始まりである。
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  • Magi (Latin plural of magus, ancient Greek magos, English singular 'magian', 'mage', 'magus', 'magusian', 'magusaean') is a term, used since at least the 4th century BCE, to denote a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was – in the main – the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the fate that the stars foretold. The meaning prior to Hellenistic period is uncertain.
  • Mager oder Magier ist ein Wanderwort, welches spätestens seit dem 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr eine allgemeine Bezeichnung für einen zoroastrischen Priester darstellt. Die Bedeutung des Wortes vor dem 4. Jh. v. Chr. bleibt ungeklärt.
  • Maagi tarkoittaa nykykielessä magiikkaa eli yliluonnollisia taikavoimia hallitsevaa ihmistä – noitaa, taikuria, tietäjää tai šamaania.
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