aurifrigium

Latin

From aurum +‎ Phrygium, literally "Phrygian gold", the Phrygians being renowned for their gold embroidery.

aurifrigium n (genitive aurifrigiī); second declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Old French: orfreis
- → Middle English: orfray, orfrei, orefreys, orfreis, orfreys, orfrays, orphray, offrey, orfrey, orfree, orffray
  - English: orphrey, orfrey, orphray
- Middle French: orfrais
  - French: orfroi
Old Occitan: aurfre, aurfres, orfres
- Occitan: aurfrés
Spanish: orofrés

aurifrigia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “aurifrigium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

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