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Originally Posted by felix
Has a full version of the ending been released yet?
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It comes out in a couple of days according to
amazon.
For the etymology on magus, magi, magia, magika ... keep in mind that they originate in persian, and as terms came to the west during the seleucid empire. The terms are still in use at least in greek, and I think both in arabic and persian, so the transliteration might be based in any language other than latin.
If the basis is greek (though I doubt it), we have the following:
magus/magos -> mage, wizard (noun, singular, male)
magi/magoi -> mages, wizards (noun, plural, male)
magia -> witchcraft, magic (noun, singular, female)
magika -> magical (adjective, plural) or spells (noun, plural, neutral)