magus

noun /ˈmeɪɡəs/

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

   In the middle of the fifth century, Empedocles testified to the vitality of these maguses, who were capable of commanding the winds and of bringing the dead back from Hades and who presented themselves, not as mortals, but as gods.

2. A Zoroastrian priest.

   Court astrologers, who were drawn from the race of the Magi, were among those that formed the royal court [...]

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry magus (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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