Latin

Noun

artifex m, f ‎(genitive artificis); third declension

1. artist, actor
2. craftsman, master (of a craft)
   • Vitruvius, De Architectura, Book I, Chapter I, section 3; English translation by Frank Granger

     Neque enim ingenium sine disciplina aut disciplina sine ingenio perfectum artificem potest efficere.

     For neither talent without instruction nor instruction without talent can produce the perfect craftsman.

3. mastermind, schemer

Inflection

Third declension.

Adjective

artifex m, f, n ‎(genitive artificis); third declension

1. skilled, artistic
2. expert
3. artful, cunning
4. creative

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• artifex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• artifex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ARTIFEX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “artifex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an accomplished dialectician: disserendi peritus et artifex
    
• artifex in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016