auricoctor

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (gold) +‎ coctor (cook).

Pronunciation

Noun

auricoctor m (genitive auricoctōris); third declension

  1. He who melts or refines gold; smelter, melter or refiner of gold.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative auricoctor auricoctōrēs
genitive auricoctōris auricoctōrum
dative auricoctōrī auricoctōribus
accusative auricoctōrem auricoctōrēs
ablative auricoctōre auricoctōribus
vocative auricoctor auricoctōrēs

References

  • auricoctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • auricoctor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.