workman
workman
subs.
P. and V. δημιουργός, ὁ, ἐργά̆της, ὁ, Ar. and P. χειροτέχνης, ὁ, V. χειρῶναξ, ὁ.
Carpenter: P. and V. τέκτων, ὁ.
subs.
P. and V. δημιουργός, ὁ, ἐργά̆της, ὁ, Ar. and P. χειροτέχνης, ὁ, V. χειρῶναξ, ὁ.
Carpenter: P. and V. τέκτων, ὁ.
WORKMAN
opifex (general term): artifex (an artisan a handicraftsman who employs skill although only mechanical): faber (one who works in hard materials usually with an adjective denoting his occupation; e.g. faber tignarius a carpenter; faber ferrarius a smith. Hence artisans employed in a building and those in the army employed in fortifying a camp etc. were called fabri; Vid: Herzog Caes. B.G. 5 11; also Cic. Cat. 4 8 17 includes workmen in the expression qui in tabernis sunt): the commonest workman opifex vilissimae mercis: a workman who sits at his work sellularius (in Liv. 8 20 distinguished from opifex: opificum vulgus et sellularii); sedentaria cujus opera est (Col. 12 3 8): workman’s tools fabrilia (plur.).
opifex (general term): artifex (an artisan a handicraftsman who employs skill although only mechanical): faber (one who works in hard materials usually with an adjective denoting his occupation; e.g. faber tignarius a carpenter; faber ferrarius a smith. Hence artisans employed in a building and those in the army employed in fortifying a camp etc. were called fabri; Vid: Herzog Caes. B.G. 5 11; also Cic. Cat. 4 8 17 includes workmen in the expression qui in tabernis sunt): the commonest workman opifex vilissimae mercis: a workman who sits at his work sellularius (in Liv. 8 20 distinguished from opifex: opificum vulgus et sellularii); sedentaria cujus opera est (Col. 12 3 8): workman’s tools fabrilia (plur.).
workman:
1. ŏpĭfex, ĭcis: all w. are employed in a low art, omnes opifices in sordida arte versantur, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: w. and slaves, opifices atque servitia, Sall. C. 50.
2. ŏpĕrārius (generally used rather in contempt): those whom you would despise as w. and barbarians, quos, sicut operarios barbarosque contemnas, Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104.
3. ŏpĕra (usually in plur., of day labourers): Col.: you will be added a ninth w. to my Sabine farm, accedes opera agro nona Sabino, Hor. S. 2, 7, 118.
4. artĭfex, ĭcis (an artist; more skill is implied than in opifex): those w. made likenesses of the body, illi artifices corporis simulacra faciebant, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7: a cunning w. (fig.), artifex callidus, id. Fin. 2, 35, 116.
5. făber, bri (a worker in hard substances): a w. in wood, faber tignarius, Cic. Brut. 73, 257: w.s in marble, ivory, or brass, marmoris aut eboris fabri aut aeris, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 96.
6. sellŭlārius (w. at a sedentary trade, indoor w.): the multitude of outdoor and indoor w., opificum vulgus et sellularii, Liv. 8, 20. Phr.: w. handle w.'s tools, tractant fabrilia fabri, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 116.
1. ŏpĭfex, ĭcis: all w. are employed in a low art, omnes opifices in sordida arte versantur, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: w. and slaves, opifices atque servitia, Sall. C. 50.
2. ŏpĕrārius (generally used rather in contempt): those whom you would despise as w. and barbarians, quos, sicut operarios barbarosque contemnas, Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104.
3. ŏpĕra (usually in plur., of day labourers): Col.: you will be added a ninth w. to my Sabine farm, accedes opera agro nona Sabino, Hor. S. 2, 7, 118.
4. artĭfex, ĭcis (an artist; more skill is implied than in opifex): those w. made likenesses of the body, illi artifices corporis simulacra faciebant, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7: a cunning w. (fig.), artifex callidus, id. Fin. 2, 35, 116.
5. făber, bri (a worker in hard substances): a w. in wood, faber tignarius, Cic. Brut. 73, 257: w.s in marble, ivory, or brass, marmoris aut eboris fabri aut aeris, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 96.
6. sellŭlārius (w. at a sedentary trade, indoor w.): the multitude of outdoor and indoor w., opificum vulgus et sellularii, Liv. 8, 20. Phr.: w. handle w.'s tools, tractant fabrilia fabri, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 116.