argentifex

== Latin == === Etymology === From argentum (“silver”) +‎ -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈɡɛn.tɪ.fɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈd͡ʒɛn.ti.feks] === Noun === argentifex m (genitive argentificis); third declension (New Latin) silversmith ==== Usage notes ==== Varro mentions the term during the Classical period, although he states that a word for "silversmith" formed like "aurifex (“goldsmith”)" does not exist. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “argentĭfex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. argentifex in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung