μαγγανεύω
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From μάγγανον (mánganon, “means of charming or bewitching, philtre”) + -εύω (-eúō).
Verb edit
μαγγανεύω • (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