officina

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

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

officina f (plural officine)

1. workshop
2. (pharmacology) laboratory

• officinale (“medicinal”)

• opificīna

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

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

officīna f (genitive officīnae); first declension

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

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.

First-declension noun.

• officīnālis
• officīnātor
• officīnātrix

• opifex
• opificium

• “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ŏffĭcīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 334

officina f (plural officinas)

1. Obsolete spelling of oficina