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Art/Literary - Archaeology / binomial nomenclature | | English term or phrase: Man, the artist | | If Homo sapiens is "thinking man," how would we classify "artistic man"? Archeologically, that strikes me as the turning point to "modern" humans; the point at which our ancestors began making art. |
| | | homo artifex | Explanation:
'Artifex' is used of any kind of artist, as opposed to artists adept in some particular field, as, e.g., 'pictor' ('painter'), 'sculptor' ('sculptor'), 'musicus' ('musician'), 'poeta' ('poet'), etc. It is a compound formed from the stem of 'ars' (i.e., 'arti-', meaning 'art, skill') and the suffix '-fex', derived from 'facere' ('to make, do'). The two substantives are standing in apposition and thus agree in case. |
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 Joseph J. Brazauskas
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22 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +2 | man, the artist homo artifex
Explanation:
'Artifex' is used of any kind of artist, as opposed to artists adept in some particular field, as, e.g., 'pictor' ('painter'), 'sculptor' ('sculptor'), 'musicus' ('musician'), 'poeta' ('poet'), etc. It is a compound formed from the stem of 'ars' (i.e., 'arti-', meaning 'art, skill') and the suffix '-fex', derived from 'facere' ('to make, do'). The two substantives are standing in apposition and thus agree in case.
| Joseph J. Brazauskas
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Local time: 15:32
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