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{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>artĭfĭcĭum</b>: ii, n. [[artifex]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., the [[occupation]] of an [[artifex]], a [[profession]], [[trade]], an [[employment]], a [[handicraft]], an [[art]]: Jam de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: ne opifices [[quidem]] tueri sua artificia possent, [[nisi]], etc., id. Fin. 3, 2, 4: in artificio [[perquam]] tenui et levi (sc. scaenico), id. de Or. 1, 28, 129: sordidum ancillareque, id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so Tac. Or. 32; Sen. Ben. 6, 17: de hoc artificio est nobis [[acquisitio]], * Vulg. Act. 19, 25: non tu in [[isto]] artificio accusatorio callidior es [[quam]] hic in suo, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Skill, [[knowledge]], [[ingenuity]] in [[any]] [[thing]]: [[simulacrum]] Dianae singulari opere artificioque perfectum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33; so id. ib. 2, 4, 21: quae certis signis artificii notata sunt, Auct. ad Her. 4, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Theory, [[system]] (cf. ars, I. C. 1.): non esse eloquentiam ex artificio, sed [[artificium]] ex eloquentiā natum, Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 146: existimant [[artificium]] esse hoc quoddam non dissimile ceterorum, cujusmodi de ipso jure civili [[Crassus]] componi posse dicebat, id. ib. 2, 19, 83: [[scientia]] cujusdam artificii non [[numquam]] dicitur [[prudentia]], Auct. ad Her. 3, 2: [[artificium]] memoriae, mnemonics, id. ib. 4, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Skill [[serviceable]] in the [[attainment]] of [[any]] [[object]], [[ingenuity]], [[art]], [[dexterity]]; and in a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[craft]], [[cunning]], [[artifice]] (cf. ars, II.): id ipsum, [[quod]] [[contra]] me [[locutus]] es, artificio quodam es consecutus, Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74: [[opus]] est non [[solum]] ingenio, [[verum]] [[etiam]] artificio quodam singulari, id. Verr. 2, 4, 40 fin.: [[vicinitas]] non assueta mendaciis, non fucosa, non [[fallax]], non erudita artificio simulationis, id. Planc. 9: non virtute, [[neque]] in acie vicisse Romanos, sed artificio quodam et scientiā oppugnationis, Caes. B. G. 7, 29: quorum artificiis effectum est, ut res publica in hunc statum perveniret, id. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, C. fin.

{{Georges

|georg=artificium, ī, n. ([[artifex]]), I) die Beschäftigung, [[Tätigkeit]] [[des]] [[artifex]], der Handwerks-, [[Kunstbetrieb]], das [[Gewerbe]], [[Handwerk]], die [[Kunst]], tenue et leve. Cic.: ancillare, Mägdeverrichtung, Cic.: piscatorium Lact.: [[artificium]] oblivisci et [[studium]] deponere, Cic.: operum [[atque]] artificiorum initia tradere, der Handwerke u. Künste, Caes. b. G. 6, 17, 2 (versch. [[von]] Cic. Verr. 4, 132, s. [[no]]. II, C). – II) meton.: A) der [[Inbegriff]] der [[einer]] [[Wissenschaft]] [[zugrunde]] liegenden Regeln, die [[Theorie]], das [[System]], die [[Kunstlehre]], [[oft]] [[bei]] Cic. (s. Sorof Cic. de or. 1, 96): art. praeceptorum, Cornif. rhet.: art. memoriae, Gedächtniskunst, Mnemotechnik, Cornif. rhet.: componere [[artificium]] de iure civili, Cic. – B) subj.: a) die [[bei]] etw. angewandte [[Geschicklichkeit]], technische [[Fertigkeit]], Kunstfertigkeit, [[Kenntnis]], [[Kunst]], [[vis]] artificii, Kunstgeschicklichkeit, Cic.: art. gubernatoris, Caes.: art. callidissimum ([[sehr]] sinnreiche), Cic.: [[simulacrum]] Dianae singulari opere artificioque [[perfectum]], Cic.: [[haec]] [[omnia]] [[antiquo]] opere et [[summo]] artificio facta, Cic.: quorum in [[isto]] vestro artificio [[nihil]] est, Cic.: [[hoc]] ipsum est [[summum]] [[artificium]], [[ein]] [[sehr]] großes Kunststück, Cic. – b) jedes zur Erreichung eines Zweckes angewandte [[Mittel]], der [[Kunstgriff]], die [[Kunst]], im üblen Sinne die [[List]], [[Schlauheit]], [[artificium]] [[proprium]] palaestrae, Cic.: id [[quod]] [[contra]] me [[locutus]] es, artificio quodam es [[consecutus]], Cic.: [[vicinitas]] [[non]] assueta mendaciis, [[non]] fucosa, [[non]] [[fallax]], [[non]] erudita artificio simulationis, Cic.: [[non]] virtute [[neque]] in acie vicisse Romanos, [[sed]] artificio quodam et scientiā oppugnationis, Caes. – Plur., quorum artificiis [[effectum]] est, ut resp. in [[hunc]] statum perveniret, Cic. – C) (abstr. [[pro]] concr.) der [[künstlich]] gearbeitete [[Gegenstand]] [[selbst]], das [[Kunstwerk]], ut intellegatis artificii cupidum, [[non]] argenti fuisse, Cic.: [[quae]] certis signis artificii notata sunt, Cornif. rhet.: u. Plur., [[haec]] [[opera]] [[atque]] artificia, Cic. Verr. 4, 132 (versch. [[von]] Caes. b. G. 6, 17, 2, s. [[no]]. I).

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