engrave Copy link Outline 1. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3; also sculpo, etc. (for the supposed difference between the two words see Dr. Smith's Dict. Ant. s. v. SCALPTURA)2. incīdo, di, sum, 3 (esp. of letters or similar characters cut in stone, metal, etc.)3. insculpo, 3 (upon something)4. caelo, 1 (in metal) • engrave: 1. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3; also sculpo, etc. (for the supposed difference between the two words see Dr. Smith's Dict. Ant. s. v. SCALPTURA): to e. a plaint upon a tomb, sepulcro querelam scalpere, Hor.: to e. an anchor on a precious stone, in gemma ancoram sculpere, Just.: to e. figures in relief, typos scalpere, Plin. 35, 11, 40 § 25: cf. also id. 35, 10, 65. 2. incīdo, di, sum, 3 (esp. of letters or similar characters cut in stone, metal, etc.): laws e.d on bronze, leges in aes incisae, Liv.: Cic. (who has in aere incisum, Verr. 4, 65, 145): Suet. 3. insculpo, 3 (upon something): to e. the amount of a man's fortune on his tombstone, summam patrimoni ins. saxo, Hor. Fig.: nature has e.d on our minds a belief in the blessedness of the gods, natura insculpsit in mentibus ut (deos) beatos haberemus, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45. 4. caelo, 1 (in metal): v. to chase. Phr.: his features remain e.d on the heart, haerent infixi pectore vultus, Virg.