argentifex
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From argentum (“silver”) + -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
argentifex m (genitive argentificis); third declension
- (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’.
- […] neque ut aurificem, sic argentificem.
Declension edit
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 edit
- argentĭfex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.