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  • Cum Aegyptiis Lacedemonii in hoc congruunt, quod eorum praecones, tibicines, coqui, et reliqui artifices, in paterno artificio succedunt, et coquus a coquo gignitur, et paterno opere perseverat.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Et in cupidiis gulae, coquus et pueri illotis manibus ab exoneratione ventris omnia tractant, &c.Cardan. l.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • It may be noted that Lequeux means exactly the same, and is of identical origin, archaic Fr. le queux, Lat. coquus, while Kew is sometimes for Anglo-Fr. le keu, where keu is the accusative of queux

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

  • Asia in 187 B.C. Tum coquus, vilissimum antiquis mancipium et aestimatione et usu, in pretio esse; et, quod ministerium fuerat, ars haberi coepta.

    A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885

  • But for my purpose it is sufficient that manorial rights were acquired by the magnus coquus or magister coquorum in the same way as by the grand butler and other officers of state; and when so large a share of the splendour of royalty continued for centuries to emanate from the kitchen, it was scarcely inappropriate or unfair to confer on that department of state some titular distinction, and endow the holder with substantial honours.

    Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine 2006

  • _tum coquus villisimum antiquis mancipium, et estimatione et usu in pretio esse; ut quod ministerium fuerat, ars haberi coepta_.

    Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War 86 BC-34? BC Sallust 1844

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