ὀψοποιός

opsopoios

one who cooks food, a cook

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 3
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464d6
464e1
517e1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀψοποιός, ὁ, A. one who cooks food, a cook, distd. from ἀρτοκόπος or ἀρτοποιός, Hdt. 9.82, X. HG 7.1.38, Cyr. 5.5.39; from σιτοποιός, ib.8.5.3, Pl. Grg. 517e; from μάγειρος, Id. R. 373c, cf. Tht. 178d; οὐκέτι μάγειρος ὀ. δʼ ἐστί που Dionys.Com. 2.9; τὸν ὀ. σκευάσαι χρηστῶς μόνον δεῖ τοὖψον Alex. 149.6: metaph., τοὺς εἰωθότας τῶν λόγων ὀ. Chor. Brum. 14.18.

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