opificio

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opificium (a work).

Noun

opificio m (plural opifici)

  1. (rare) factory, works, plant
    Synonyms: fabbrica, manifattura, officina, stabilimento
  2. (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

  1. dative/ablative singular of opificium