auricoctor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Related terms

• aurāria
• aurārius
• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātūra
• aurātus
• aureātus
• Aurēlia
• Aurēlius
• aureolus
• aurēscō
• aureus
• auricolor
• auricomāns
• auricomus
• aurifer
• aurifex
• aurificīna
• aurificium
• aurifluus
• aurifodīna
• aurifrigium
• aurigāns
• aurigena
• auriger
• aurilegulus
• auripigmentum
• aurō
• aurōsus
• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus
• aurūgō
• aurulentus
• aurum

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.