μάγοιρος

μᾰγειρ-ος, ὁ, [dialect] Dor. [full] μάγῑρος IG42(1).144 (Epid., v B.C.), SIG241.16 (Delph., iv B.C.), IG9(1).976.7 (Corc., iv/iii B. C.); but [dialect] Att. [full] μάγειρος ib.22.10B2 (v/iv B.C.), and so in Pap. of iii B.C., PCair.Zen.6.48, al., PRev.Laws50.14, both forms freq. in later Inscrr., Pap., and codd.; [dialect] Aeol. διὰ τοῦ ῑ μάγοιρος (s. v. l.) Philox. ap. Et.Gud. in Greg.Cor.p.606 S.:—

A slaughterer, butcher (meat-salesman), and cook (these functions being freq. combined in one person), Pl.Euthd. 301d, Lg. 849d, Babr.51.8, al., Ath.14.659csq., Plu.2.175d, D.Chr.4.44, Max.Tyr.25.2: hence, Ἅιδου μ., of Polyphemus, E.Cyc. 397; public cook, παρὰ τῶν μαγείρων, opp. π. τῶν ἰδιωτῶν, Ph.Bel.86.38, cf. Alex.257, Men.272, Sam. 68; butcher, meat-salesman, Alex.98.23, Machoap.Ath.6.243f, Aesop. 301; λόγος μαγείρου butcher's bill, POxy. 108v (ii/iii A.D.), cf. PRyl. 228 intr. (i A. D.); μ. ὁ κατ' οἶκον, οἱ ἐν ἀγορᾷ μ., Artem.3.56, cf. Arr.Epict.3.19.5, 3.26.21, PFlor. 166 (iii A. D.);

περὶ μαγείρου τοῦ ἀποδράντος PSI4.329

(iii B. C.); officiating at sacrifices, Athenio 1.40;

μ. τὸ γ IG5(1).97.26

(i A.D.); acting as waiter, Matro Conv.11,46, al.; not in Hom., but mentioned in Batr.40, Hdt.4.71,6.60, S.Fr. [1122], Ar.Ra. 517, al., freq. in Com.; opp. ὀψοποιός, Dionys.Com. 2.9; but = ὀψοποιός, Alex.149.14;

ὅσον μαγείρου διαφέρει μάγειρος οὐκ οἶσθ' Nicom.Com.1.6

; μάγειρος cook for fish and meat, opp. οἰνοχόος and σιτοποιός (baker), Ph.1.390 (pl.).

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `slaughterer, butcher, cook' (Att. hell.)

Other forms: Dor. μάγῑρος ; Aeol. μάγοιρος

Compounds: as 2. member e.g. in ἀρχι-μάγειρος `upper-cook' (LXX, J., Plu.).

Derivatives: Rare fem. μαγείραινα (Pherecr. 84; momentary formation, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 109 n. 3, Chantraine Form. 108, da Costa Ramalho Emer. 18, 38), μαγείρισσα (LXX; da Costa Ramalho ibd. 42). Dimin. μαγειρίσκος m. (Ath.) with magiriscium `small figure of a b.' (Plin.). Adj. μαγειρικός `belonging to cook or butcher' (Ar., Pl., Arist.) with - ικόν, - ική `art of cooking, butcher taxes etc.'; μαγειρώδης `butcher-like' (Eun.). Denom. verb μαγειρεύω `be cook or butcher' (hell.) with μαγειρ-εῖον `butchery, cook-shop `(Arist., hell.), - εία f. `boiled food' (Cato, Hdn. Epim.), - ηΐα f. `butcher-taxes?' (Eresos), - ευμα = - εία (H., Eust.), - ευτικός (late).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Here prob. also Άπόλλων Μαγίριος (Cyprus). The profession μάγειρος seems from Doric as an element of higher culinary culture to have come to Attic (for older δαιτρός?); the notation ει indicates a closed ē-sound resp. an open ī-sound (Schwyzer 275 with Wackernagel IF 25, 326f., Kretschmer Glotta 3, 320, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 190). The earlier history of the word is unknown. Pisani Rev. int. ét. balk. 1, 255ff. supposes Macedonian origin, connecting μάχαιρα (cf. Kretschmer Glotta 26, 38 f.); Schwyzer 471 n. 12 reminds of Lat. mactare; cf. also Chantraine Form. 234. Not with earliers (Bq, WP. 2, 226, Pok. 696 f.; doubting Schwyzer l.c.) to μάσσω `knead'. - If the Aeolian form is correct Pre-Greek? - The word looks non-IE. Is it Pre-Greek, deriving from *mag-ar^y-?

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