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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

  • ἤκουσασ ὡσ μαγειρικῶσ κομψῶσ τε καὶ δειπνητικῶσ αὑτῷ διακονεῖται; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, strophe5)
  • εἶθ’ ὅπωσ μαγειρικῶσ σφάξεισ τὸν οἶν. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, iambics3)
  • καὶ νὴ Δί’ ἐμβαλόντεσ αὐτῷ πάτταλον μαγειρικῶσ ἐσ τὸ στόμ’, εἶτα δ’ ἔνδοθεν τὴν γλῶτταν ἐξείραντεσ αὐτοῦ σκεψόμεσθ’ εὖ κἀνδρικῶσ κεχηνότοσ τὸν πρωκτὸν εἰ χαλαζᾷ. (Aristotle, Agon, pnigos9)

Synonyms

  1. fit for a cook or cookery

  2. skilled in cooking

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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