μαγγανεύω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom μάγγανον (mánganon, “means of charming or bewitching, philtre”) + -εύω (-eúō).
Verb
editμαγγανεύω • (manganeúō)
- to use charms or philtres, play tricks, cheat
- to trick out (food), dress it artificially (making it appear better)
Inflection
edit Present: μαγγανεύω, μαγγανεύομαι
Descendants
edit- →⇒ Latin: mangō (possibly)
Further reading
edit- “μαγγανεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μαγγανεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μαγγανεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette