aurificium

== Latin == === Etymology === From aurifex (“goldsmith”) +‎ -ium, from aurum (“gold”) + -fex. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯.rɪˈfɪ.ki.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯.riˈfiː.t͡ʃi.um] === Noun === aurificium n (genitive aurificiī or aurificī); second declension A gold-washing site. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== === References === "aurificium", 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)