Magnus Annus

[ mahg-noos -ahn-noos ]

/ ˈmɑg nʊs ˈɑn nʊs /

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noun Latin.

the Great Year: a cycle of years, usually a thousand, that begins with a Golden Age, steadily deteriorates, and ends with a universal catastrophe, either a fire or a flood.

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How to use Magnus Annus in a sentence

Another Maximus factor is the august Roman -us ending, with other names like Atticus, Cassius, Augustus and Magnus heating up.
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Some of these were conceded by public opinion as their due, as in the case of Cnaeus Pompeius, who took Magnus as his cognmen.
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Thereafter died King Magnus the Good, & all folk mourned his death.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
So said so done; and the 142 ships of Harald were hove out of berth, and King Magnus put his ships into their place.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson

The King said: Dost desire that thy kinsman Magnus should give thee grace?
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
King Haralds son Magnus steered the ship which lay lowest in the river-mouth and nighest out to the lake.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson