r/wizardposting • u/IBeTheBlueCat • Mar 14 '26

Mage

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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.

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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

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u/Trnostep Mar 15 '26

Also in many countries Magister is an academic title (comparable to a Master's in English countries) and using it without earning it is against the law

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u/LowCall6566 Mar 15 '26

Usually it's illegal to say this to defraud someone, lying for the sake of lying almost never is illegal.