opificium
Latin
Etymology
opifex + -ium
Noun
opificium n (genitive opificiī or opificī); second declension
- work
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | opificium | opificia |
| Genitive | opificiī opificī1 | opificiōrum |
| Dative | opificiō | opificiīs |
| Accusative | opificium | opificia |
| Ablative | opificiō | opificiīs |
| Vocative | opificium | opificia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- officium
- opificīna, officīna
Related terms
- opifex
Descendants
- Italian: opificio
References
- “opificium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- opificium 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)
- opificium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette