• handicraft: artĭfĭcium (only applicable to occupations requiring skill: cf. Cic. Fin. 3, 2, init., where the special craft of an opifex is called artificium; and Off. 1, 42, init., where mere trades are called quaestus): to learn a h., discere a., Paul. Dig. 6, 1, 31: to be engaged in any h., in aliquo art. versari, Mart. Dig. 32, 65, § 2: Sen. (N.B.--Not opificium, which is rare = working.) Phr.: to get a poor living by some h., manuum mercede inopiam tolerare, Sall. Cat. 37: Ter. (N.B.--Not opera: which is manual labour, service.)