aurifrigium

Latin

Etymology

From aurum +‎ Phrygium, literally "Phrygian gold", the Phrygians being renowned for their gold embroidery.

Noun

aurifrigium n (genitive aurifrigiī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) orphrey

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aurifrigium	aurifrigia
Genitive	aurifrigiī	aurifrigiōrum
Dative	aurifrigiō	aurifrigiīs
Accusative	aurifrigium	aurifrigia
Ablative	aurifrigiō	aurifrigiīs
Vocative	aurifrigium	aurifrigia

Descendants

• Old French: orfreis
  • → Middle English: orfray, orfrei, orefreys, orfreis, orfreys, orfrays, orphray, offrey, orfrey, orfree, orffray
    • English: orphrey, orfrey, orphray
  • Middle French: orfrais
    • French: orfroi
• Old Occitan: aurfre, aurfres, orfres
  • Occitan: aurfrés
• Spanish: orofrés

References

• aurifrigia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “aurifrigium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC