officina

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin officīna. Doublet of fucina, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /of.fiˈt͡ʃi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cì‧na

Noun

officina f (plural officine)

1. workshop
2. (pharmacology) laboratory

Derived terms

• officinale (“medicinal”)

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Latin

Alternative forms

• opificīna

Etymology

From opificium (“action of working”), from opifex (“laborer, worker”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /of.fiˈkiː.na/, [ɔfːɪˈkiːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /of.fiˈt͡ʃi.na/, [ofːiˈt͡ʃiːnä]

Noun

officīna f (genitive officīnae); first declension

1. workshop, manufactory
2. a poultry house, henhouse
3. (New Latin, especially botany) an apothecary's, a pharmacy

Usage notes

An officīna is a shop where goods are manufactured. A taberna can be a shop where goods are sold. It is possible for a single shop to be both a taberna and an officīna. In scientific names, it and its derivatives (officinarum, officinalis, &c.) usually indicates use in producing medicines.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	officīna	officīnae
Genitive	officīnae	officīnārum
Dative	officīnae	officīnīs
Accusative	officīnam	officīnās
Ablative	officīnā	officīnīs
Vocative	officīna	officīnae

Derived terms

• officīnālis
• officīnātor
• officīnātrix

Related terms

• opifex
• opificium

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: fucina, fuggina (Lucchese)
• Padanian:
  • Old Ligurian: foxina
  • Piedmontese: fusina, fusigna
  • Romansch: fuschigna
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: oechine, oechevine, ouchine, wisine, huysine
    • Middle French: oeuchine, œussine, oucine, huisine, ozine, uisine, usine
      • French: usine
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: oficina
  • → French: officine
  • → Galician: oficina
  • → Italian: officina
  • → Polish: oficyna
  • → Portuguese: oficina
  • → Spanish: oficina

References

• “officina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “officina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• officina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “officina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• officina in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ŏffĭcīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume
  , page 334

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Portuguese

Noun

officina f (plural officinas)

1. Obsolete spelling of oficina.