artificer

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artĭfex, fĭcis, m. [ars-facio].

Subst.

1.. 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. technitês:

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. —

A maker, originator, author, contriver:

si pulcher est hic mundus, si probus ejus artifex, etc.,

Cic. Tim. 2:

cujus (civitatis) artifex et conditor (est) Deus,

Vulg. Heb. 11, 10:

artifex omnium natura,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

si indocta consuetudo tam est artifex suavitatis,

id. Or. 48, 161:

artificem (sc. malorum) mediis immittam Terea flammis,

Ov. M. 6, 615:

vadit ad artificem dirae Polymestora caedis,

id. ib. 13, 551:

sceleris infandi artifex,

Sen. Agam. 975.—Ironic.:

O artificem probum!

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 29.—Also for a sly, cunning contriver, inventor of a thing (cf. ars, II. fin.):

et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

Verg. A. 2, 125; 11, 407. —

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.

făber, bri ( gen. plur. most freq. fabrum; cf.:

jam ut censoriae tabulae loquuntur, fabrum et procum audeo dicere, non fabrorum et procorum,

Cic. Or. 46, 156: fabrum, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, C, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Plin. 34, 1, 1, § 1 al.:

fabrorum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147; Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182 al.), m. [Sanscr. root bha-, gleam, shine; Gr. phêmi, say, phainô, show; cf. for], a worker in wood, stone, metal, etc., a forger, smith, artificer, carpenter, joiner (syn.: artifex, opifex, operarius), tektôn.

Prop.

With adj. of material, etc., specifying the trade:

tamen ego me Phidiam esse mallem, quam vel optimum fabrum tignarium,

carpenter, Cic. Brut. 73, 257; so,

tignarius,

id. Rep. 2, 22; Inscr. Orell. 4087; cf.:

fabros tignarios dicimus non eos duntaxat, qui tigna dolant, sed omnes, qui aedificant,

Dig. 50, 16, 235:

ut fortunati sunt fabri ferrarii, Qui apud carbones assident!

blacksmiths, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 47:

fabrum aerariorum conlegium,

copper-smiths, braziers, Plin. 34, 1, 1, § 1; cf.:

marmoris aut eboris fabros aut aeris amavit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 96:

‡ eburarius, Inscr. ap. Spon. Misc. p. 222: ‡ intestinarius,

one who does the fine carved work in wood for the interior of a building, a joiner, Inscr. Orell. 4182:

‡ a Corinthiis,

ib. 4181:

‡ oculariarius,

one who made silver eyes for statues, ib. 4185.—

In gen.:

ut arcessatur faber, ut istas compedis tibi adimam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 29:

cogito, utrum me dicam medicum ducere an fabrum,

id. Men. 5, 3, 11:

hominem pro fabro aut pro tectore emere,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

fabri ad aedificandam rem publicam,

work-people, workmen, laborers, id. Fam. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:

ex legionibus fabros delegit,

the workmen belonging to the army, Caes. B. G. 5, 11, 3;

whose overseer was called praefectus fabrūm,

id. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

His fabris crescunt patrimonia,

i. e. these smiths know how to add to their patrimonies, Juv. 14, 116:

faber volans, i. e. Icarus,

id. 1, 54.— Prov.: faber est quisque fortunae suae, every man is the maker of his own fortune, Appius ap. Sall. de Republ. Ordin. 1.

făber, bra, brum, adj. [1. faber], workmanlike, skilful, ingenious ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ars,

Ov. M. 8, 159; id. F. 3, 383:

levitas speculi,

App. Mag. p. 282. — Sup.:

signaculum faberrimum anuli aurei,

App. Flor. p. 346.— Adv.: fā̆bre, in a workmanlike manner, skilfully, ingeniously:

hoc factum est fabre,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 23; cf. id. Stich. 4, 1, 64:

teres trabs,

Sil. 14, 320; Vulg. Exod. 35, 33:

sigillatum vitrum,

App. M. 2, p. 123 (cf. fabrefacio).— Sup.:

facta navis,

App. M. 11, p. 262 al.:

aptare,

Amm. 20, 11.

făber, bri, m., the dory, a sunfish (Zaeus faber, Linn.), Plin. 9, 18, 32, § 86; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Col. 8, 16, 9; Ov. Hal. 110.

fā̆brĭcātor, ōris, m. [id.], an artificer, framer, forger, contriver, fabricator (rare but class.).

Lit.:

ille fabricator tanti operis (mundi),

Cic. Univ. 2; so, mundi, Quint, 2, 16, 12; Ov. M. 1, 57:

minutorum opusculorum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

ipse doli (i. e. equi lignei) fabricator Epeos,

Verg. A. 2, 264: deorum, i. e. of statues of the gods, Firm. Math. 3, 6, 9.—

Trop.:

dolor ac morbus leti fabricator uterque est,

causer, producer, Lucr. 3, 472.

fā̆brīlis, e, adj. [faber], of or belonging to an artificer (class.):

scalprum,

Liv. 27, 49, 1:

opera ad fabrilia surgere,

Verg. A. 8, 415:

dextra,

Ov. M. 4, 175:

vincula,

id. Am. 1, 9, 39:

gluten,

Cels. 8, 7; cf.

glutinum,

Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 182:

fumus gratiam affert vinis,

id. 14, 1, 3, § 16;

hence, uva,

i. e. smoke-dried, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3:

opera,

Sen. Ben. 6, 38: erratum, of the sculptor or artist, * Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17.—In the neutr. subst.: fabrīlĭa, ium, mechanical tools or implements:

tractant fabrilia fabri,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 116.—

* Adv.: fā̆brīlĭter, skilfully, in a workmanlike manner:

opifex fabriliter aptans Composuit,

Prud. Apoth. 583.

fā̆brīlis, e, adj. [faber], of or belonging to an artificer (class.):

scalprum,

Liv. 27, 49, 1:

opera ad fabrilia surgere,

Verg. A. 8, 415:

dextra,

Ov. M. 4, 175:

vincula,

id. Am. 1, 9, 39:

gluten,

Cels. 8, 7; cf.

glutinum,

Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 182:

fumus gratiam affert vinis,

id. 14, 1, 3, § 16;

hence, uva,

i. e. smoke-dried, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3:

opera,

Sen. Ben. 6, 38: erratum, of the sculptor or artist, * Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17.—In the neutr. subst.: fabrīlĭa, ium, mechanical tools or implements:

tractant fabrilia fabri,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 116.—

* Adv.: fā̆brīlĭter, skilfully, in a workmanlike manner:

opifex fabriliter aptans Composuit,

Prud. Apoth. 583.