artificium

Latin

Etymology 1

artifex, artificis +‎ -ium

Noun

artificium n (genitive artificiī); second declension

  1. art, craft, trade
  2. skill, talent, artifice
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative artificium artificia
Genitive artificiī artificiōrum
Dative artificiō artificiīs
Accusative artificium artificia
Ablative artificiō artificiīs
Vocative artificium artificia
Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

artificium

  1. genitive masculine plural of artifex
  2. genitive feminine plural of artifex
  3. genitive neuter plural of artifex

References
  • artificium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • artificium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • artificium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • artificium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to give a scientific explanation of a thing: artificio et via tradere aliquid
    • a master-piece of classical work: opus summo artificio[TR1] factum
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