argentifex

Latin

Etymology

From argentum (“silver”) +‎ -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈɡen.ti.feks/, [ärˈɡɛn̪t̪ɪfɛks̠]

Noun

argentifex m (genitive argentificis); third declension

1. (hapax) a worker in silver, silversmith
   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 8.62.4:

     […] neque ut aurificem, sic argentificem.

     […] that there is no term argentifex ‘silversmith’ like aurifex ‘goldsmith’.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	argentifex	argentificēs
Genitive	argentificis	argentificum
Dative	argentificī	argentificibus
Accusative	argentificem	argentificēs
Ablative	argentifice	argentificibus
Vocative	argentifex	argentificēs

References

• argentĭfex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.