De Fer. Als. 2 (p.4)

ID 1251
Corpus Fronto
Reference De Fer. Als. 2 (p.4)
Reference 2 VdH 227,1
Date 162
Source Letter
Author Fronto
Addressee Marcus Aurelius
Citation Greek Code Switch magiras
Latin Context Catonem quoque in oratione adversus Lepidum verbum cantari solitum commemorasse, cum ait 'statuas positas Ochae atque Dionysodoro effeminatis, qui magiras facerent'.
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch Quotation: literary (Cato)
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Letter fragmentary, Fronto cites Cato Against Lepidus.
Comments TLL: only attested here in Latin, a feminine form of magirus, itself hardly attested. Related to Greek μάγειρος. Patrick James: LSJ has μαγειρεία ‘= μαγείρευμα [‘food’], Cato ap.Fronton.p.223 N.(pl.), Hdn.Epim.19.’; the Haines and VdH text of Front points to *μαγ(ε)ίρᾱ ᾱς, though VdH notes a reading magirias (Ellis).