opifex
ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι → go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie | go tell the Spartans, thou that passest by, that here obedient to their words we lie
Latin > English
opifex opificis N M :: workman
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ŏpĭfex: ĭcis, comm. opus-facio, one who does a work.
I Lit., a worker, maker, framer, fabricator (class.; cf.: faber, artifex. operarius).
A In gen.: opifex aedificatorque mundi deus, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18: rerum or aeternus, Col. 3, 10, 10; cf.: opifex natura, Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 1: calor, Lact. 2, 9, 22: sylvestres apes, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
B In partic., a workman, mechanic, artist, artisan, etc.: opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; cf. id. N. D. 2, 60, 150; id. Fl. 8, 18; id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: opifices atque servitia, Sall. C. 50, 1: hoc (instrumento) ego non artem credo egere, sed artificem, Quint. 2, 21, 24.—
II Trop.: verborum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34: dicens esse rhetoricen persuadendi opificem, id est πειθοῦς δημιουργόν, Quint. 2, 15, 4.— Poet. with inf.: mire opifex ... marem strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae, Pers. 6, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ŏpĭfex,¹¹ ĭcis, m. f. (opus, facio),
1 celui ou celle qui fait un ouvrage, créateur, auteur : Cic. Nat. 1, 18 ; Ac. frg. 19 ; Tusc. 5, 34
2 travailleur, ouvrier, artisan : Cic. Off. 1, 150 ; Tusc. 4, 44 ; Sall. C. 50, 1 || [au sens élevé d’artiste] : Cic. Nat. 1, 77 ; 2, 81 || [poét. avec l’inf.] maître dans l’art de : Pers. 6, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
opifex, ficis, c. (opus u. facio), I) Werkmeister, Verfasser, Arbeiter, Bildner (Bildnerin), meist attrib., mundi, Cic.: carinae (v. der Europa), Hor.: verborum, Cic.: persuasionis opifex callidus, der meisterlich verstand, schlau zu überreden, Amm.: stilus est dicendi opifex, Cic. – v. Tieren, silvestres apes opifices magis, sind arbeitsamer, Varro r. r. 3, 16, 19. – v. Lebl., sanguis ille opifex, jener Nahrung gewährende Stoff, Gell. 12, 1, 13: opifex calor, Lact. 2, 9, 22: splendor opifex, Apul. apol. 14: fraus fallendi versuta opifex, Prud. Psych. 260: esse rhetoricen persuadendi opificem, Meisterin in der Überredungskunst, Quint. 2, 15, 4 (vgl. Amm. 30, 4, 3). – mit folg. Infin., Pers. 6, 3. – II) insbes., ein Handwerker, (bildender) Künstler, Cic. u.a.: institores opificesque, Liv.: opifices atque servitia, Sall.: opificis socius (Gehilfe), Macr.: opifex ferri, Aur. Vict., ferrarius, Treb. Poll.
Latin > Chinese
opifex, icis. m. f. :: 匠人。— mundi 造天地者。— verborum 始造言者。
