aurifex

aurĭfex, fĭcis, m. [aurum-facio],

• a worker in gold, goldsmith, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 34 (508); id. Men. 3, 3, 2 (525); 4, 3, 8 (682); Varr. L. L. 8, § 68 Müll.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25; id. de Or. 2, 38, 159; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 3, 8; 3, 30; ib. Isa. 40, 19; 46, 6 al.

aurifex, ficis, m. (aurum u. facio), der Goldarbeiter, Goldschmied, Plaut. aul. 508; Men. 525. Varr. LL. 8, 62. Cic. Verr. 4, 56. Plin. 18, 99 u. 33, 93. Quint. 9, 2, 61. Augustin. serm. 15, 4: Caesaris aurif., Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 3951: aurif. de sacra via, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9207: aurificis statera, Cic. de or. 2, 159: Plur. aurifices neben argentarii, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 24, 5: neben inauratores u. bractearii, Firm. math. 4, 15. – ➳ aurufex, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1310.

aurifex [CL] , skilled in working gold. b (sb.) goldsmith. manus pingendi ‥ artificiose, digiti ~fices Gosc. Edith 68.  b habeo fabros ferrarium, ~ficem [AS: goldsmip], argentarium Ælf. Coll. 99; Otho ~fex DB II 286 (cf. DB I 190: Otho aurifaber); manus ~ficum vincebat expensarum pretium W. Malm. GP I 43; a gold smythe, aurifaber, †aurifer [? l. ~fex] CathA.

aurĭfex, (15) ĭcis, m. (aurum, facio), orfèvre : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56 ; de Or. 2, 159.

➳ aurufex CIL 1, 1840.

aurifex , icis. m. (facio.)
金匠 。銀匠。

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aurifex icis, m

• aurum + FAC-, a goldsmith.