auricoctor

== Latin == === Etymology === From aurum (“gold”) +‎ coctor (“cook”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯.rɪˈkɔk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯.riˈkɔk.tor] === Noun === auricoctor m (genitive auricoctōris); third declension He who melts or refines gold; smelter, melter or refiner of gold. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “auricoctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “auricoctor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.