caragius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === caragus, caraus === Etymology === Unknown. Possibly related to charactē̆r (“sign”), i.e. magical sign. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈra.ɡi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈraː.d͡ʒi.us] === Noun === caragius m (genitive caragiī); second declension (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) A magician, enchanter, fortune-teller ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === "caragius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “caragius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “caragus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 142 Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “caragus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 99