aurificium

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Latin

Etymology

From aurifex (“goldsmith”) +‎ -ium, from aurum (“gold”) + facio (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯.riˈfi.ki.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.riˈfi.t͡ʃi.um/,

Noun

aurificium n (genitive aurificiī or aurificī); second declension

A gold-washing site.

Declension

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).

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References

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)

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