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20:22 May 6, 2010 |
English to Latin translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Archaeology / binomial nomenclature | ||||
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5 +2 | homo artifex |
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man, the artist homo artifex Explanation: 'Artifex' is used of any kind of artist, as opposed to artists adept in some particular field, as, e.g., 'pictor' ('painter'), 'sculptor' ('sculptor'), 'musicus' ('musician'), 'poeta' ('poet'), etc. It is a compound formed from the stem of 'ars' (i.e., 'arti-', meaning 'art, skill') and the suffix '-fex', derived from 'facere' ('to make, do'). The two substantives are standing in apposition and thus agree in case. |
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