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Lewis Short
(Subst.Adj.) : artĭfex, fĭcis, m.ars-facio.
* Subst.
* One that is master in the liberal arts (while opifex is a master in the artes sordidae; cf. ars, I. B. 1.), an artist, artificer: illi artifices corporis simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,Cic. Fam. 5, 12: reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex (i. e. architectus) inire rationem potuit,Liv. 42, 3: in armamentario multis talium operum (sc. tormentorum) artificibus de industriā inclusis,id. 29, 35: ut aiunt in Graecis artificibus eos auloedos esse, qui citharoedi fieri non potuerint, sic, etc.,Cic. Mur. 13, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 169 al.: artifices scaenici,Cic. Arch. 5, 10; id. Quinct. 25; Suet. Caes. 84: artifex lignorum,a carpenter,Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 11; so, artifex lignarius,ib. Isa. 44, 13: artifices lapidum,masons,ib. 2 Reg. 5, 11: artifex aerarius,a worker in bronze,ib. 3 Reg. 7, 14 (often thus used in Vulg. for opifex).—Also absol.: artifex,Plaut. Am. prol. 70: multi artifices ex Graeciā venerunt,Liv. 39, 22; so id. 5, 1; 5, 7; 5, 2; 41, 20; so Vulg. Exod. 36, 4; ib. Isa. 40, 20; ib. Act. 19, 24 et saep.—So of a charioteer, as in Gr. τεχνίτης: ne hoc gloriae artificis daretur (auriga standing just before),Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186.—Of a physician, Liv. 5, 3. —Of an orator or writer: Graeci dicendi artifices et doctores,Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23: cum contra talem artificem (sc. Hortensium oratorem) dicturus essem,id. Quinct. 24 fin.: politus scriptor atque artifex,id. Or. 51, 172.
* Trop., a master in any thing, in doing any thing, etc.: artifices ad corrumpendum judicium,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71: artifex callidus comparandarum voluptatum,id. Fin. 2, 35, 116: Cotta in ambitione artifex,Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 47: serendae in alios invidiae artifex,Tac. H. 2, 86 al.
* Adj.
* Act., skilled in a thing; skilful, practised, ingenious, dexterous: Bomilcar et per homines talis negotii artifices itinera explorat,Sall. J. 35, 5: miles decollandi artifex,Suet. Calig. 32: artifex faber de silvā,Vulg. Sap. 13, 11: tam artifices saltationis,Suet. Tit. 7.—Also of inanimate things: artifices Natura manus admovit,Ov. M. 15, 218: Tellus artifices ne terat Osca manus,Prop. 5, 2, 62: artifex, ut ita dicam, stilus,Cic. Brut. 25, 95: mobilitas ignea artifex ad formanda corpora,Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187: vir tam artificis ingenii,id. 8, 16, 21, § 55 al.—Poet. with inf.: venter, negatas artifex sequi voces,Pers. prol. 11.
* Pass., skilfully prepared or made, artistic, artificial, ingenious: quattuor artifices vivida signa boves,Prop. 3, 29, 8: tantae tamque artifices argutiae,Plin. 10, 29, 4, § 85: artifex dimicatio,id. 8, 40, 61, § 150: motus,Quint. 9, 4, 8: manus libratur artifici temperamento,Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115: artifex vultus,Pers. 5, 40: plaga,Sol. 35 al.—Poet. of a horse, broken, trained, Ov. A. A. 3, 556.
* Subst.
* One that is master in the liberal arts (while opifex is a master in the artes sordidae; cf. ars, I. B. 1.), an artist, artificer: illi artifices corporis simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,Cic. Fam. 5, 12: reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex (i. e. architectus) inire rationem potuit,Liv. 42, 3: in armamentario multis talium operum (sc. tormentorum) artificibus de industriā inclusis,id. 29, 35: ut aiunt in Graecis artificibus eos auloedos esse, qui citharoedi fieri non potuerint, sic, etc.,Cic. Mur. 13, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 169 al.: artifices scaenici,Cic. Arch. 5, 10; id. Quinct. 25; Suet. Caes. 84: artifex lignorum,a carpenter,Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 11; so, artifex lignarius,ib. Isa. 44, 13: artifices lapidum,masons,ib. 2 Reg. 5, 11: artifex aerarius,a worker in bronze,ib. 3 Reg. 7, 14 (often thus used in Vulg. for opifex).—Also absol.: artifex,Plaut. Am. prol. 70: multi artifices ex Graeciā venerunt,Liv. 39, 22; so id. 5, 1; 5, 7; 5, 2; 41, 20; so Vulg. Exod. 36, 4; ib. Isa. 40, 20; ib. Act. 19, 24 et saep.—So of a charioteer, as in Gr. τεχνίτης: ne hoc gloriae artificis daretur (auriga standing just before),Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186.—Of a physician, Liv. 5, 3. —Of an orator or writer: Graeci dicendi artifices et doctores,Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23: cum contra talem artificem (sc. Hortensium oratorem) dicturus essem,id. Quinct. 24 fin.: politus scriptor atque artifex,id. Or. 51, 172.
* Trop., a master in any thing, in doing any thing, etc.: artifices ad corrumpendum judicium,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71: artifex callidus comparandarum voluptatum,id. Fin. 2, 35, 116: Cotta in ambitione artifex,Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 47: serendae in alios invidiae artifex,Tac. H. 2, 86 al.
* Adj.
* Act., skilled in a thing; skilful, practised, ingenious, dexterous: Bomilcar et per homines talis negotii artifices itinera explorat,Sall. J. 35, 5: miles decollandi artifex,Suet. Calig. 32: artifex faber de silvā,Vulg. Sap. 13, 11: tam artifices saltationis,Suet. Tit. 7.—Also of inanimate things: artifices Natura manus admovit,Ov. M. 15, 218: Tellus artifices ne terat Osca manus,Prop. 5, 2, 62: artifex, ut ita dicam, stilus,Cic. Brut. 25, 95: mobilitas ignea artifex ad formanda corpora,Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187: vir tam artificis ingenii,id. 8, 16, 21, § 55 al.—Poet. with inf.: venter, negatas artifex sequi voces,Pers. prol. 11.
* Pass., skilfully prepared or made, artistic, artificial, ingenious: quattuor artifices vivida signa boves,Prop. 3, 29, 8: tantae tamque artifices argutiae,Plin. 10, 29, 4, § 85: artifex dimicatio,id. 8, 40, 61, § 150: motus,Quint. 9, 4, 8: manus libratur artifici temperamento,Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115: artifex vultus,Pers. 5, 40: plaga,Sol. 35 al.—Poet. of a horse, broken, trained, Ov. A. A. 3, 556.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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