aurifex

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Latin

Etymology

From aurum (gold) +‎ -fex (suffix representing a maker or producer).

Pronunciation

Noun

aurifex m (genitive aurificis); third declension

  1. A worker in gold, goldsmith.
    Synonym: aurārius
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.23:
      Acus vocatur cum per se pisitur spica tantum aurificum ad usus.
      When the beard is ground by itself, without the grain, the result is known as acus, but it is only used by goldsmiths.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aurifex aurificēs
genitive aurificis aurificum
dative aurificī aurificibus
accusative aurificem aurificēs
ablative aurifice aurificibus
vocative aurifex aurificēs

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