The corpus record

μᾰγ-ίς

magis · ἡ

any kneaded mass, cake

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Where it lives

Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k

What it meant — LSJ

any kneaded mass, cake, lump, cake, cheese-pudding

any kneaded mass, cake, LXX Jd. 7.13; lump of fat, Dsc. 2.76; esp. cake offered to Hecate and Trophonius, S. Fr. 734, Ar. Fr. 813; Cypr. acc. to Ath. 14.663b; described as a small cheese-pudding, Hp. Mul. 2.133, cf. Steril. 235.

II kneading-trough, dresser, small table, round pan, plate

kneading-trough or dresser, Cratin. 21, BGU 40.8 (ii/iii A. D.), cf. Poll. 10.81; small table, Epich. 118, Cerc. 12; also, round pan or plate for placing on the τρίπους, Poll. 6.83.

III

μαγίδες· αἷς ἀπομάττουσι καὶ καθαίρουσι, Hsch.

In the wild

μαγὶς · magis Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 7

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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