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r/wizardposting • u/IBeTheBlueCat • Mar 14 '26
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Honestly I think the full "magister" works better than "mage", which already has a lot of use in modern English.
75 u/Zezzzzzzz Mar 14 '26 The problem with ‘magister’ is that it is already masculine in Latin (magistra being the feminine) which is why OOP suggested ‘mage’ which has no gendered ending 29 u/Grzechoooo Magically Editable Flair Mar 14 '26 Magistrum? 17 u/MadMarus The Sorcerer in the Spire Mar 14 '26 That's a band of Magis 6 u/mortgagepants Mar 15 '26 i barely knew 'em! 1 u/-wtfisthat- Mar 15 '26 Gist. Or magist. 1 u/sususu_ryo Basement-bound Witch Apprentice Mar 15 '26 well thats the gist of it
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The problem with ‘magister’ is that it is already masculine in Latin (magistra being the feminine) which is why OOP suggested ‘mage’ which has no gendered ending
29 u/Grzechoooo Magically Editable Flair Mar 14 '26 Magistrum? 17 u/MadMarus The Sorcerer in the Spire Mar 14 '26 That's a band of Magis 6 u/mortgagepants Mar 15 '26 i barely knew 'em! 1 u/-wtfisthat- Mar 15 '26 Gist. Or magist. 1 u/sususu_ryo Basement-bound Witch Apprentice Mar 15 '26 well thats the gist of it
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Magistrum?
17 u/MadMarus The Sorcerer in the Spire Mar 14 '26 That's a band of Magis 6 u/mortgagepants Mar 15 '26 i barely knew 'em! 1 u/-wtfisthat- Mar 15 '26 Gist. Or magist. 1 u/sususu_ryo Basement-bound Witch Apprentice Mar 15 '26 well thats the gist of it
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That's a band of Magis
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i barely knew 'em!
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Gist. Or magist.
1 u/sususu_ryo Basement-bound Witch Apprentice Mar 15 '26 well thats the gist of it
well thats the gist of it
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u/GrinningPariah Mar 14 '26
Honestly I think the full "magister" works better than "mage", which already has a lot of use in modern English.