magni-, magn-

Sounding great or important.

1. The quality or fact of being great, in various senses; in the physical sense, great size or extent.
2. The loudness sound.
3. Greatness of character, rank, or position; also as a humorous title of address.
4. A reference to immaterial things with a great degree or importance.
5. The intrinsic size of an earthquake or underground explosion (as distinguished from the intensity of its effects at any particular place), usually expressed by a number that is a logarithmic function of the maximum resulting seismometric deflection adjusted to allow for distance.
6. Of the first magnitude (of the first order), of the greatest importance; outstanding.

Similarly, of the second (third, etc.) magnitude.

Characterized by magnitude; great, significant, imposing, greatness of scale.

Consisting of, designating, or relating to neurons with large cell bodies.

This nomenclature (“large lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Megalosaurus. Named by German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1932.

A large bottle for wine, spirits, etc., twice the standard size and now usually containing one liter (formerly two quarts); the quantity of liquor held by such a bottle

1. Any of several varieties of large cooking plums; such as, magnum bonum plum and can be applied to other qualifying words; for example, magnum bonum health food.
2. Etymology: magnum bonum "a great good", "a large good thing"; from classical Latin magnum, neuter singular of magnus, "great" plus bonum, neuter singular of bonus, "good" after classical Latin summum bonum, "highest good", the "chief or supreme good".

1. A great work, especially a literary or artistic masterpiece.
2. An artist's, writer's, or composer's greatest single work.

A dwarf is not tall, even though he stand on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even though he stand in a well.

From Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epis (c. A.D. 65).