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Headword:
Μαγίς
Adler number: mu,14
Translated headword: lump, cake, trough
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Knife.[1] And μάγειρος ["cook" is] he who divides up the barley-cakes.[2]
Greek Original:Μαγίς: μάχαιρα. καὶ μάγειρος, ὁ τὰς μάζας μερίζων.
Notes:
Similarly glossed in
Photius and the
Lexica Segueriana; cf.
Aristophanes of
Byzantium fr. 52 Nauck.
[1] "Knife" does not seem to be one of the attested meanings of
μαγίς (for which see also
mu 15). For
machaira see also
mu 302.
[2] See also
mu 10. Cf. Herodian the grammarian, quoted by Orion [
Author,
Myth] 100.4, whence
Etymologicum Magnum 573.4.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 September 2004@01:03:46.
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