μᾰγειρ-ος, ὁ,
Doric dialect μάγῑρος [[ “IG” 42(1).144 (Epid., 5th c.BC), “SIG” 241.16 (Delph., 4th c.BC), “IG” 9(1).976.7 (Corc., 4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but Attic dialect μάγειρος [[[prev. work]22.10 B 2 (5th-4th c.BC), and so in Papyrus of 3rd c.BC, “PCair.Zen.” 6.48, +others, “PRev.Laws” 50.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], both forms frequently in later Inscrr., Papyrus, and codices; Aeolic dialect διὰ τοῦ ῑ μάγοιρος (assuming variant) [[ 3rd c.BC: Philoxenus Epigrammaticus cited in “Etymologicum Gudianum” in Greg.Cor. p.606 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— slaughterer, butcher (meat-salesman), and cook (these functions being frequently combined in one person), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 301d, “Lg.” 849d, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 51.8, +others, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.659cf, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.175d, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 4.44, 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 25.2: hence, Ἅιδου μ., of Polyphemus, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 397 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; public cook, παρὰ τῶν μαγείρων, opposed to π. τῶν ἰδιωτῶν, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 86.38, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 257, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 272, “Sam.” 68 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; butcher, meat-salesman, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 98.23, Machoap. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.243f, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 301 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγος μαγείρου butcher's bill, [[ “POxy.” 108v (2nd-3rd c.AD),compare “PRyl.” 228 _intransitive_ (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. ὁ κατ᾽ οἶκον, οἱ ἐν ἀγορᾷ μ., [[ 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 3.56, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.19.5, 3.26.21, “PFlor.” 166 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; περὶ μαγείρου τοῦ ἀποδράντος [[ “PSI” 4.329 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; officiating at sacrifices, [[ 3rd c.BC: Athenio Comicus 1.40; μ. τὸ γ “IG” 5(1).97.26 (1st c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; acting as waiter, [[ 4th c.BC: Matro Parodius “Convivium - Corpusculum poesis epicae ludibundae” 11, 46, +others; not in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, but mentioned in Batrachomyomachia 40, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.71, 6.60, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” [1122], 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 517, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+], frequently in Comedy texts; opposed to ὀψοποιός, [[ 4th c.BC: Dionysius Comicus 2.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ={ὀψοποιός}, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 149.14; ὅσον μαγείρου διαφέρει μάγειρος οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.6 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μάγειρος cook for fish and meat, opposed to οἰνοχόος and σιτοποιός (baker), [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.390 (_plural_). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]