auricoctor

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ coctor (“cook”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯.riˈkok.tor/, [äu̯rɪˈkɔkt̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.riˈkok.tor/, [äu̯riˈkɔkt̪or]

Noun

auricoctor m (genitive auricoctōris); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	auricoctor	auricoctōrēs
Genitive	auricoctōris	auricoctōrum
Dative	auricoctōrī	auricoctōribus
Accusative	auricoctōrem	auricoctōrēs
Ablative	auricoctōre	auricoctōribus
Vocative	auricoctor	auricoctōrēs

Related terms

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.

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