artifex
Latin
Etymology
From ar(ti) (“art”) + -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ti.feks/, [ˈärt̪ɪfɛks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ti.feks/, [ˈärt̪ifeks]
Noun
artifex m or f (genitive artificis); third declension
- artist, actor
- craftsman, master (of a craft)
- Synonyms: opifex, faber
- Vitruvius, De Architectura, Book I, Chapter I, section 3; English translation by Frank Granger
- Neque enim ingenium sine disciplina aut disciplina sine ingenio perfectum artificem potest efficere.
- For neither talent without instruction nor instruction without talent can produce the perfect craftsman.
- Neque enim ingenium sine disciplina aut disciplina sine ingenio perfectum artificem potest efficere.
- mastermind, schemer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | artifex | artificēs |
| Genitive | artificis | artificum |
| Dative | artificī | artificibus |
| Accusative | artificem | artificēs |
| Ablative | artifice | artificibus |
| Vocative | artifex | artificēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: artífex
- Galician: artífice
- Italian: artefice
- Portuguese: artífice
- Sicilian: artìfici
- Spanish: artífice
Adjective
artifex (genitive artificis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- skilled, artistic
- expert
- artful, cunning
- creative
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | artifex | artificēs | artificia | ||
| Genitive | artificis | artificium | |||
| Dative | artificī | artificibus | |||
| Accusative | artificem | artifex | artificēs | artificia | |
| Ablative | artificī | artificibus | |||
| Vocative | artifex | artificēs | artificia | ||
References
- “artifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “artifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- artifex 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)
- artifex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- an accomplished dialectician: disserendi peritus et artifex
- an accomplished dialectician: disserendi peritus et artifex
- artifex in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016