opifex
See also: Opifex
Latin
Etymology
From opi(s) (“power, ability, resources”) + -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.pi.feks/, [ˈɔpɪfɛks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.pi.feks/, [ˈɔːpifeks]
Noun
opifex m or f (genitive opificis); third declension
- Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan.
- Synonyms: artifex, faber
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | opifex | opificēs |
| Genitive | opificis | opificum |
| Dative | opificī | opificibus |
| Accusative | opificem | opificēs |
| Ablative | opifice | opificibus |
| Vocative | opifex | opificēs |
Derived terms
- opificium, officium
- opificīna, officīna
Related terms
- opus
Descendants
- English: opificer
References
- “opifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “opifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- opifex 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)
- opifex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum
- God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum