carve Copy link Outline I. To cut artistically1. caelo, 1 (chiefly of work in metal, esp. gold or silver2. sculpo, sculpsi, sculptum, 3 (of carving an entire work; not merely the surface)3. exsculpo, 3 (to carve out)4. insculpo, 3 (to c. in or upon)5. scalpo, 36. incīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3II. To cut up food for distribution1. sĕco, āvi and ŭi, ātum and ctum, 12. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 33. carpo, psi, ptum, 3 (prop. to take with the fingers) • carve: I. To cut artistically: 1. caelo, 1 (chiefly of work in metal, esp. gold or silver: and always of designs on the surface: v. to chase, emboss): the brave deeds of their fathers c.d on gold, caelata in auro fortia facta patrum, Virg.: c.d work, caelatum opus, Virg. 2. sculpo, sculpsi, sculptum, 3 (of carving an entire work; not merely the surface): a wise man is not c.d out of stone nor hewn out of oak, sapiens non est e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus, Cic.: he c.d snow-white ivory with wonderful skill, niveum mira arte sculpsit ebur, Ov. 3. exsculpo, 3 (to carve out): I had c.d out of an oak something which seemed like a resemblance, e quercu exsculpseram quod videretur simile simulacri, Cic. 4. insculpo, 3 (to c. in or upon): lots c.d upon oak, sortes in robore insculptae, Cic.: to c. the amount of ones patrimony upon a stone, summam patrimoni in. saxo, Hor. 5. scalpo, 3: i. e. to engrave: q. v. 6. incīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3: v. to engrave: to c. one's loves on trees, amores arboribus in., Virg. II. To cut up food for distribution: 1. sĕco, āvi and ŭi, ātum and ctum, 1: to c. viands with propriety, altilia decenter s., Sen. Ep. 47, 5: Juv. 2. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3: to c. viands, obsonium s., Sen.: to c. birds, aves s., Sen. 3. carpo, psi, ptum, 3 (prop. to take with the fingers): Petr. Phr.: to be clever at c.ing, certis ductibus circumferens eruditam manum in frusta excutere, Sen. l. c.