Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Coquus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

COQUUS (μάγειρος). A cook (Mart. xiv. 220. Liv. xxxix. 6.); and in early times a maker of bread (Festus, s. v. Plin. H. N. xviii. 28.) It was not until U. C. 568., that the baker's became a distinct trade at Rome; and previously to this period each family ground their own flower, the cook making and baking the bread (Plin. l. c.) The Greek μάγειρος was also originally employed in making bread for the family.