English Dictionary

magnus annus

名詞

A cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth.

日本語の意味

最終的な死や大火災、黙示録的な終末などによって周期が終わり、その後再生や新たな誕生により新たな周期が始まる、一連の年の循環

Every century they ritually stoke the pyres and lock their doors, for the elders insist that the magnus annus will sweep through the valley and, after its final conflagration, life will begin anew.

彼らは百年ごとに儀式的に薪を焚いて戸を閉ざす。長老たちは、最期の死と大火で終わり、その後再生して再び巡り始める年の大周期が谷を襲うと主張しているからだ。

意味（1）

A cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth.

The sign of Gemini does not seem to have exerted a beneficent influence on the growth of human culture, but as the Magnus Annus of Taurus came round, things seem to have grown more stable and solid.