cook (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. To practise as cookIII. Intrans. • cook (v.): I. Trans.: cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 3: to c. a dinner, coenam c., Pl.: to c. food, cibum c., Lucr.: cibaria c., Liv.: Cic.: also absol.: we have come to the wedding to c., venimus coctum ad nuptias, Pl. Hence the comps., incŏquo, to c. (esp. to boil) in something, as in oil, etc.: Plin.: to c. thoroughly, percŏquo, id.: also concŏquo, dēcŏquo (rare in this sense). Phr.: to soften food by c.ing, cibos mitigare, Cic.; igne [ferventi aqua] mollire. Sen.: to be more readily c.'d (by boiling), celerius madescere, Col. (N.B. Not paro; which would mean to get food.) II. To practise as cook: cŏquīno, 1: Pl.: but v. supr. III. Intrans.: to become ready for food: igni, aqua ferventi molliri, mollescere; madescere (by boiling): v. supr. See also to boil, roast, etc.
cook (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. cŏquus, f. cŏqua2. cŭlīnārius, Scrib.3. head-c. (of a large cuisine), archĭmăgīrus • cook (subs.): 1. cŏquus, f. cŏqua: Pl.: Cic. (also written cŏcus, cŏca): a female c., also cŏcŭla, Varr. 2. cŭlīnārius, Scrib.: in pl. culinariae operae, Front. 3. head-c. (of a large cuisine), archĭmăgīrus: Juv. Belonging to a c., cŏquīnarius: Varr.
COOK Copy link • COOK 1. coquus: feminine, coqua; coquula (diminutive): the head cook in the house of a wealthy Roman, archimagirus (ἀρχιμάγειρος, Juv., 9, 109): to be one’s own cοοκ, sibi manu sua parare cibum: a cook’s boy, *puer culinarius; plur., culinarii (Scribonius, Larg., 230): hunger is the best cook, cibi condimentum fames est (Cic., De Fin., 2, 28, 90): malum panem tenerum tibi et siligineum fames reddet (Sen., Ep., 123, 2): a cook’s shop, popina: one who keeps a cook’s shop, popinarius (late). A cook’s knife, culter coquinaris (Varr.). 2. v. coquere (to prepare food by heat): mitigare: igne mollire (to make soft by heat): to cook anything in anything (e.g., in milk, oil, etc.), coquere in or ex aliqua re (e.g., in lacte; ex oleo, etc.); incoquere aliqua re or cum aliqua re (e.g., aqua ferventi, cum aqua): to cook anything well, percoquere: to cook some food, cibum or cibaria coquere: cibum parare or comparare (general term for prepare): to cook one’s own meal or dinner, sibi manu sua parare cibum: cooked, coctus; igne mollitus. 3. v. INTR., coquinare (Plaut.).