ourive
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ourivez (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin aurificem, accusative of aurifex, from aurum (“gold”) + -fex (“maker”). Cognate with Portuguese ourivez.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /owˈɾiβe̝/
Noun
ourive m or f (plural ourives)
- goldsmith (craftsman who makes things out of gold)
- 1289, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra. Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 113:
- auiinça ontre os vigarios e cabido dos canbeadores e os ouriuez
- agreement in between the vicars and chapter of the exchangers, and the goldsmiths
- auiinça ontre os vigarios e cabido dos canbeadores e os ouriuez
- Synonym: prateiro
- 1289, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra. Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 113:
Derived terms
- ourivaría
Related terms
References
- “ourivez” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “ourive” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “ourive” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “ourive” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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