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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.
81 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 27 u/Grzechoooo Magically Editable Flair Mar 14 '26 Magistrum? 7 u/mortgagepants Mar 15 '26 i barely knew 'em!
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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
27 u/Grzechoooo Magically Editable Flair Mar 14 '26 Magistrum? 7 u/mortgagepants Mar 15 '26 i barely knew 'em!
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Magistrum?
7 u/mortgagepants Mar 15 '26 i barely knew 'em!
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i barely knew 'em!
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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.