sculpture (v.) Copy link • sculpture (v.): sculpo, scalpo, psi, ptum, 3 (including both sculpture and engraving: for the supposed difference between the two forms of the word, v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Scalptura): s.d of stone or hewn out of oak, e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus, Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: Ov. M. 10, 248 (niveum mirâ arte sculpsit ebur). (N.B.--Caelare is to carve, chase, or emboss in metal: v. to chase.)