aurificium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aurifex (“goldsmith”) + -ium, from aurum (“gold”) + facio (“I do, make”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯.riˈfi.ki.um/, [äu̯rɪˈfɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯.riˈfi.t͡ʃi.um/, [äu̯riˈfiːt͡ʃium]
Noun[edit]
aurificium n (genitive aurificiī or aurificī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aurificium | aurificia |
| Genitive | aurificiī aurificī1 |
aurificiōrum |
| Dative | aurificiō | aurificiīs |
| Accusative | aurificium | aurificia |
| Ablative | aurificiō | aurificiīs |
| Vocative | aurificium | aurificia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms[edit]
- aurāria
- aurārius
- aurāta
- aurātilis
- aurātūra
- aurātus
- aureātus
- Aurēlia
- Aurēlius
- aureolus
- aurēscō
- aureus
- auricoctor
- auricolor
- auricomāns
- auricomus
- aurifer
- aurifex
- aurificīna
- aurifluus
- aurifodīna
- aurifrigium
- aurigāns
- aurigena
- auriger
- aurilegulus
- auripigmentum
- aurō
- aurōsus
- aurūgineus
- aurūginō
- aurūginōsus
- aurūgō
- aurulentus
- aurum
References[edit]
- aurificium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)