ourive

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ourivez (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin aurificem, from aurum (“gold”) + -fex (“maker”). Cognate with Portuguese ourives.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /owˈɾiβe̝/

Noun

ourive m or f by sense (plural ourives)

1. goldsmith (craftsman who makes things out of gold)
   • 1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 113:

     auiinça ontre os vigarios e cabido dos canbeadores e os ouriuez

     agreement in between the vicars and chapter of the exchangers, and the goldsmiths

Coordinate terms

• prateiro

Derived terms

• ourivaría

Related terms

• ouro

References

• “ourivez” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ourive” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ourive” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ourive” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.