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|lnetxt=artifex (gen.), artificis ADJ :: skilled, artistic; expert, practiced; cunning, artful; creative, productive<br />artifex artifex artificis N C :: artist, actor; craftsman; master of an art; author, maker; mastermind, schemer
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>artĭfex</b>: fĭcis, m. ars-[[facio]].<br /><b>I</b> Subst.<br /> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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. —<br /><b>II</b> Adj.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.
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|gf=<b>artĭfex</b>,⁹ ĭcis, m. ([[ars]] et [[facio]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> subst.<br /><b>1</b> qui pratique un art, un métier, artiste, artisan : Cic. Rep. 1, 35 ; Fin. 5, 7, etc. ; Liv. 5, 3, 6 ; 42, 3, 11 &#124;&#124; maître dans un art, spécialiste : Cic. de Or. 1, 51 ; 1, 111 ; 1, 248 ; Br. 185 ; dicendi artifices Cic. de Or. 1, 23, maîtres d’éloquence<br /><b>2</b> [en gén.] ouvrier d’une chose, créateur, auteur : mundi Cic. Tim. 6, l’artisan de l’univers &#124;&#124; negotii Sall. J. 35, 5, artisan d’une affaire ; comparandæ voluptatis Cic. Fin. 1, 42, maître dans l’art de procurer le plaisir.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> adj.<br /><b>1</b> habile, adroit : Cic. Br. 96 ; Or. 172 ; Ov. Am. 3, 2, 52 ; M. 15, 218<br /><b>2</b> fait avec art : Prop. 2, 31, 7 ; Plin. 10, 85 ; 12, 115, etc.||maître dans un art, spécialiste : Cic. de Or. 1, 51 ; 1, 111 ; 1, 248 ; Br. 185 ; dicendi artifices Cic. de Or. 1, 23, maîtres d’éloquence<br /><b>2</b> [en gén.] ouvrier d’une chose, créateur, auteur : mundi Cic. Tim. 6, l’artisan de l’univers||negotii Sall. J. 35, 5, artisan d’une affaire ; comparandæ voluptatis Cic. Fin. 1, 42, maître dans l’art de procurer le plaisir.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> adj.<br /><b>1</b> habile, adroit : Cic. Br. 96 ; Or. 172 ; Ov. Am. 3, 2, 52 ; M. 15, 218<br /><b>2</b> fait avec art : Prop. 2, 31, 7 ; Plin. 10, 85 ; 12, 115, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=artifex, ficis, c. ([[ars]] u. [[facio]]), der Kunstmeister, [[Künstler]], I) v. Pers.u. personis. a. Subjj., der Kunstmeister, [[Werkmeister]], [[Künstler]], [[Bildner]], [[Kunst]]- od. Sachverständige, der Techniker, [[auch]] sachverständige [[Theoretiker]], attrib. = der in etw. technisches [[Geschick]] zeigt, in etw. kunstgeübt, [[technisch]] ausgebildet od. [[geschickt]], in etw. [[Meister]], 1) im engern Sinne: a) v. [[Künstler]] [[als]] Ausüber [[einer]] [[Kunst]] od. [[Fertigkeit]] (Ggstz. [[inscius]], [[Pfuscher]], Cic. Acad. 2, 22: artifices, Ggstz. imperiti, Laien, Plin. ep. 3, 6, 3), v. Künstlern u. Handwerkern [[aller]] [[Art]], Plaut. Cas. 356. Cic. ep. 1, 7, 7. Cic. II. Verr. 1, 91; 4, 54; 5, 73. Nep. Att. 13, 3. Phaedr. 5. pr 4. Sen. de ben. 4, 21, 3. Plin. ep. 1, 10, 4. Curt. 6, 2 (5), 5 ([[Sänger]], Spielleute, [[Schauspieler]] u. dgl.). Gell. 7 (6), 13, 5. Apul. flor. 7. p. 8, 7 Kr.: servi artifices, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 92. – v. [[Werkmeister]], Bauarbeiter, Liv. 42, 3, 11; fr. 91. Quint. 7. pr. 1. Plin. ep. 8, 20, 4: v. Geschützmeister, Amm. 23, 4, 2; 24, 4. § 12 u. 28: v. Sachverständigen im Bauwesen, artifices [[eius]] regionis, Plin. ep. 10, 41 (50), 3: v. Nivellierer, Traian. in Plin. ep. 10, 62 (70): v. Feldmesser, Gromat. vet. 5, 20; 10, 17 u.a.: v. [[Kunstgärtner]] ([[topiarius]]), Plin. ep. 5, 6, 35: v. Kunsttischler, Apul. apol. 62: v. Mosaikfußbodenarbeiter, [[Hieron]]. in Ioel 2, 1: v. Erzbildner, Bildhauer, Cic. II. Verr. 4, 4 u. 5; 4, 12. Cic. ep. 5, 12, 7. Verg. Aen. 1, 455; 12, 210. Ov. [[met]]. 12, 398. Vell. 1, 13, 4. Plin. ep. 1, 20, 10. Suet. Vesp. 18. Apul. apol. 61: v. [[Goldschmied]], Sen. de tranqu. anim. 1, 7; ad Helv. 11, 3. Iuven. 11, 102. Vulg. Ierem. 10, 9: v. Seidenwirker, Vulg. Iesai. 44, 13: v. [[Maler]] ([[artifex]] [[pictor]], Firm. math. 3, 7), Vell. 1, 13, 4. Quint. 8, 5, 26. Val. Max. 8, 12 ext. 3. Sen. ep. 9, 7. Plin. ep. 4, 28, 3; 7, 33, 2: v. [[Musiker]], Virtuosen, Musiklehrer, Cic. Muren. 29. Quint. 5, 10, 125. Curt. 5, 1 (3), 22. Plin. ep. 4, 19, 4: v. [[Sänger]], Ov. [[met]]. 11, 169 (v. [[Apollo]]): v. [[Schauspieler]], Plaut. Amph. prol. 70; Poen. prol. 38. Cic. Quinct. 78; Sest. 120. Liv. 5, 1, 5 u.a. (s. Weißenb. z. St.). Sen. de clem. 1, 26, 2. Quint. 9, 3, 86. Suet. Ner. 49, 1. Tert. de spect. 5 (vollst. [[artifex]] [[scaenicus]], s. [[unten]]): v. [[Redner]] u. Rhetoriker, Cic. Quinct. 77; or. 172; de or. 1, 111 u. 145: v. praktischen Arzte, Cels. 1. pr. p. 8, 27 u. p. 12, 34 D.; 3, 4. p. 80, 15 D.: artifices improbi, [[Quacksalber]], Liv. 5, 3, 6: v. [[Barbier]], Tibull. 1, 8, 12. Mart. 6, 52, 6: v. Wettkämpfer, Nep. Chabr. 1, 3. Phaedr. 5, 5, 7: v. [[Wagenlenker]], Plin. 7, 186: v. Vogelsteller, Petr. 109, 7: v. [[Giftmischer]], Sen. nat. qu. 3, 25, 1: v. einem Pferde, [[artifex]] [[equus]], das die Touren zu [[machen]] versteht, eingeschultes, Ov. art. am. 3, 556: v. der [[Natur]], [[natura]] [[non]] artificiosa ([[kunstfertig]]) [[solum]], [[sed]] [[plane]] [[artifex]] (eine vollkommene [[Künstlerin]]) ab [[eodem]] Zenone dicitur, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 58. – m. attrib. Subst., [[artifex]] [[faber]], Zimmermeister, Vulg. sap. 13, 11: [[artifex]] [[medicus]], Apul. [[met]]. 10, 2: artifices palaestritae, Amm. 15, 3, 4: m. attrib. Adj., [[artifex]] [[aerarius]], Vulg. 3. regg. 7, 14: [[artifex]] [[caligarius]], Chalc. p. 77, 1 K.: [[artifex]] [[carpentarius]], Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52, 1: [[artifex]] [[lignarius]], Vulg. Iesai. 44, 13: artifices periti [[rei]] aquariae ([[des]] Wasserbaues), Amm. 28, 2, 2: [[artifex]] [[polymitarius]], Damastweber, Ven. [[Fort]]. 5, 6. praef. p. 196 Migne: artifices scaenici, [[Schauspieler]], Cic. Arch. 10. Sen. ep. 11, 7. Suet. Caes. 84, 4. Gell. 3, 3, 14: [[dies]]. artifices scaenarii, Amm. 28, 4, 32: artifices sellularii, Apul. flor. 15: [[artifex]] [[signarius]], Bildhauer, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9896: [[artifex]] [[rhetoricus]], Gell. 17, 5, 9. – m. Genet. subst., [[omnis]] [[artifex]] [[omnis]] [[artis]], Vulg. apoc. 18, 22: medellarum artifices, Amm. 17, 5, 7: [[artifex]] morbi, Prop. 2, 1, 58: [[artifex]] pugnorum, Faustkämpfer, Tert. spect. 23: artifices scaenae, [[Schauspieler]], Sen. de ben. 7, 20, 3: [[tam]] artifices saltationis (so [[künstlerisch]] ausgebildete [[Tänzer]]), ut etc., Suet. Tit. 7, 2: ne [[quis]] in exercitu [[miles]] [[faber]] [[aut]] alterius [[rei]] [[artifex]] esset, Capit. Maxim. duob. 8 4: [[artifex]] talium (eine [[Meisterin]] in solchen Künsten) vocabulo [[Locusta]], Tac. ann. 12, 66. – m. Genet. Gerund., pingendi fingendique [[idem]] [[mirus]] [[artifex]], Quint. 12, 10, 6: [[non]] [[quo]] [[illa]] contemnam, [[quae]] [[Graeci]] dicendi artifices et doctores reliquerunt etc., Cic. de or. 1, 23: [[Demosthenes]] [[primarius]] dicendi [[artifex]], Apul. apol. 25. p. 22, 7 Kr.: artifices pronuntiandi (im [[Vortrag]]), Quint. 11, 3, 73: [[Pyrrhus]] [[unicus]] pugnandi [[artifex]], Liv. fr. 1: [[miles]] decollandi [[artifex]], Suet. Cal. 32, 1. – m. in u. Abl., in tornando [[artifex]], Apul. de mund. 1. p. 107, 14 G.: in his [[artifex]], [[quae]] stationis imperatoriae [[non]] erant, ut calices fingeret saltaret cantaret, Lampr. Comm. 1, 8: [[mirus]] [[artifex]] in sagittis (im Bogenschießen), Aur. Vict. epit. 42, 18. – m. bl. Abl., [[Phidias]] [[dis]] [[quam]] hominibus effingendis [[melior]] [[artifex]] creditur, Quint. 12, 10, 9.<br />'''b)''' v. [[Künstler]] [[als]] [[Bildner]] eines Werkes od. Stoffes, der [[Werkmeister]], [[Arbeiter]], [[Verfertiger]], [[Erbauer]], [[Schöpfer]], attrib. = bildend, schaffend, [[schöpferisch]], artificis naturae [[manus]] od. [[opus]], Gelt. 12, 1, 9. Auct. Aetnae 595: [[omnis]] bonae malaeque materiae fecunda [[artifex]], rerum [[natura]], Val. Max. 1, 8. ext. 18: materiam [[adhuc]] rudem [[deus]] [[artifex]] conformat universam, Apul. dogm. Plat. 1, 5. – m. Genet., [[deus]] [[aedificator]] mundi et [[artifex]] rerum, Lact. 1, 6, 16: si [[probus]] [[eius]] (mundi) [[artifex]], Cic. Tim. 6: [[natura]] omnium [[artifex]], Plin. 2, 3: [[natura]] operis immensi [[artifex]], Sen. Octav. 397 (386). – talium operum artifices, Liv. 29, 35, 8: artifices operum singulorum, Vulg. 2. paral. 24, 12: statuarum artifices pictoresque clarissimi, Quint. 5, 12, 21: gladiorum armorumque [[artifex]], Schwertfeger u. [[Waffenschmied]], Treb. Poll. XXX tyr. 8, 13: artifices lapidum, [[Steinhauer]], Vulg. 2. regg. 5, 11: artif. lignorum, [[Holzarbeiter]], Vulg. exod. 38, 23 u.a.: [[artifex]] simulatorque figurae (v. [[Morpheus]]), Ov. [[met]]. 11, 634: artifices mercatoresque veneni, Iuven. 13, 154.<br />'''2)''' im weitern Sinne: a) der [[sich]] [[auf]] etw. [[meisterhaft]] versteht, in etw. [[Meister]], -erin, m. Genet. subst., homines [[talis]] negotii artifices, Sall. Iug. 35, 5: artif. formae, die ihre [[Schönheit]] ([[durch]] [[Schmuck]]) zu [[heben]] versteht, Prop. 1, 2, 8: humani doloris, [[Menschenpeiniger]], Ps. Quint. decl. 5, 4. – m. Genet. [[des]] Gerundii od. Gerundivi, tractandi animos artifices, Liv. 6, 36, 10: artif. suadendi, Quint. 2, 15, 18: [[egregius]] acquirendi artif., Iuven. 14, 116: artifices laedendi, Amm. 28, 1, 10: [[sapientia]] [[tamquam]] [[artifex]] conquirendae et comparandae voluptatis, Cic. de fin. 1, 42 (u. so ibid 2, 116): [[hic]] faciendarum amicitiarum artif., Sen. ep. 9, 5: [[summus]] [[ille]] tractandorum animorum artif., Quint. 11, 1, 58: serendae od. transferendae in alios invidiae artif., Tac. hist. 2, 86. Amm. 27, 9, 2. – m. ad u. Akk., si [[qui]] sunt, [[qui]] in [[hoc]] reo artifices ad corrumpendum [[iudicium]] velint [[esse]], Cic. Verr. 5, 183: artif. ad occultandam audaciae [[specie]] formidinem, Aur. Vict. epit. 42, 7: art. ad inquietandum senis inguinem, Schol. Iuven. 10, 138: [[artifex]] ad formanda corpora effigiesque caelandas [[mobilitas]] ignea, Plin. 6, 187. – m. in u. Akk., in [[seria]] et iocos artif., Iustin. 9, 8, 8: artif. in lacrimas alcis, Ps. Quint. decl. 10, 9. – m. in u. Abl., in ambitione artif., Q. Cic. de pet. cons. 47: in complicandis negotiis [[artifex]] [[dirus]], Amm. 14, 5, 8. – [[mit]] Infin., Pers. prol. 11 u. 1, 71. – dah. prägn., [[Meister]] in der Verstellungskunst, [[ein]] abgefeimter [[Schelm]], [[Erzschelm]], [[Schlaukopf]], Ter. Phorm. 259. Verg. Aen. 2, 125. Ov. [[met]]. 6, 615. Iuven. 4, 18: [[scelus]] artificis, [[Schelm]] u. [[Schurke]], Verg. Aen. 11, 407. b) der [[Urheber]], Anstifter, [[artifex]] monstrorum, [[Tonangeber]] [[bei]] den Scheußlichkeiten, Plin. 28, 6: art. turbarum, Amm. 30, 3, 6: [[caedis]], Ov. [[met]]. 13, 551: [[necis]], Ov. art. am. 1, 656: [[haec]] scelerum artif., Sen. Phaedr. 567 (559): sceleris nefandi artif., Sen. Agam. 1041 (983). – [[abs]]. = [[Urheber]] der [[Schandtat]], Ov. [[met]]. 6, 615.<br />'''II)''' v. Lebl.: 1) aktiv = [[kunstfertig]], [[Künstler]]-, [[artifex]], ut [[ita]] dicam [[stilus]], Cic. [[Brut]]. 96: artif. [[manus]], Ov. trist. 2, 522 u. Amm. 17, 4, 7: artifices [[manus]], Prop. 4, 2, 62. Ov. [[amor]]. 3, 2, 52; [[met]]. 15, 218. Vulg. deut. 27, 15: os ([[Mund]]), Iuven. 10, 238: [[vir]] [[tam]] artificis ingenii, [[von]] solchem Kunstgeschick, Plin. 8, 55.<br />'''2)''' [[passiv]], [[mit]] [[Kunst]] ausgeführt, kunstreich, [[kunstvoll]], [[meisterhaft]], [[quattuor]] artifices boves, Prop. 2, 31, 8: artif. [[vultus]], Pers. 5, 40: artif. [[forma]], Val. Flacc. 6, 466: tantae tamque artifices [[argutiae]], Plin. 10, 85: artif. [[dimicatio]], Plin. 8, 150: artif. [[complexus]], Plin. 29, 52: artif. [[temperamentum]], Plin. 12, 115: artif. [[motus]], Quint. 9, 4, 8: [[plaga]], Solin. 35, 6: [[ratio]], Ps. Apul. Ascl. 13 extr.
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