ourive

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-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)

1. 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

   Synonym: prateiro

Derived terms

• ourivaría

Related terms

• ouro

References

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• “ourive” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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