aurifex

== Latin == === Etymology === From aurum (“gold”) +‎ -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.rɪ.fɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.ri.feks] === Noun === aurifex m (genitive aurificis); third declension goldsmith Synonym: aurārius ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== aurificīna aurificium ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “aurifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aurifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "aurifex", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “aurifex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “aurĭfex”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1006 Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “aurifex”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 52