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μαγειρικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαγειρικός μαγειρική μαγειρικόν

Structure: μαγειρικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/geiros

Sense

  1. fit for a cook or cookery
  2. (of persons) skilled in cooking

Examples

  • τῶν ἡδυσμάτων πάντων κράτιστόν ἐστιν ἐν μαγειρικῇ ἀλαζονεία· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 203)
  • ἐλεὸσ δ’ ἐστὶν ἡ μαγειρικὴ τράπεζα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 73 1:2)
  • ὅτι δὲ σεμνὸν ἦν ἡ μαγειρικὴ μαθεῖν ἔστιν ἐκ τῶν Ἀθήνησι Κηρύκων, οἵδε γὰρ μαγείρων καὶ βουτύπων ἐπεῖχον τάξιν, ὥσ φησιν Κλείδημοσ ἐν Πρωτογονίασ πρώτῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 791)
  • οὐκ ἀπεικότωσ δὲ καὶ Ἀθηνίων ἐν Σαμόθρᾳξιν, ὥσ φησιν Ιὄβασ, μάγειρον εἰσάγει φυσιολογοῦντα διὰ τούτων οὐκ οἶσθ’ ὅτι πάντων ἡ μαγειρικὴ τέχνη πρὸσ εὐσέβειαν πλεῖστα προσενήνεχθ’ ὅλωσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 802)
  • καὶ Ἄλεξισ δ’ ἐν Λεβητίῳ δηλοῖ ὅτι ἡ μαγειρική τέχνη ἐπιτήδευμα ἦν ἐλευθέρων· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 811)

Synonyms

  1. fit for a cook or cookery

  2. skilled in cooking

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