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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin opificium (“a work”).
Noun
opificio m (plural opifici)
- (rare) factory, works, plant
- Synonyms: fabbrica, manifattura, officina, stabilimento
- (literary) work
- Synonyms: opera, lavoro
1980, Umberto Eco, “Dopo nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 80:Quale apparve ai miei occhi, in quell'ora meridiana, esso mi sembrò un gioioso opificio di sapienza.- What appeared to my eyes, in that hour of midday, it seemed a joyful work of wisdom.
Further reading
- opificio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
opificiō
- dative/ablative singular of opificium