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opifex

opifex · comm

a worker

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 54 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ŏpĭfex — Lewis & Short

ŏpĭfex, ĭcis, comm.opus-facio, one who does a work.

I Lit., a worker, maker, framer, fabricator (class.; cf.: faber, artifex. operarius).
A In gen.: opifex aedificatorque mundi deus, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18: rerum or aeternus, Col. 3, 10, 10; cf.: opifex natura, Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 1: calor, Lact. 2, 9, 22: sylvestres apes, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
B In partic., a workman, mechanic, artist, artisan, etc.: opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; cf. id. N. D. 2, 60, 150; id. Fl. 8, 18; id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: opifices atque servitia, Sall. C. 50, 1: hoc (instrumento) ego non artem credo egere, sed artificem, Quint. 2, 21, 24.—
II Trop.: verborum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34: dicens esse rhetoricen persuadendi opificem, id est peiqou=s dhmiourgo/n, Quint. 2, 15, 4.— Poet. with inf.: mire opifex ... marem strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae, Pers. 6, 3.

In the wild

6 of 91 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. opifex (scan p. 271; entry #4241).

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