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artificis

artificis is a Latin form of artifex, meaning “artist, craftsman, artisan; master (of an art)”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of artificium, “skill, craft; work of art; trick”.

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Aeneid 2.125: artificis scelus, et taciti ventura videbant.

Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.169: Artificis status ipse fuit. Tum stamina docto

All forms of artifex (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.