engraving Copy link Outline I. The artII. That which is engraved • engraving: I. The art: scalptūra, sculptūra: v. Dr. Smith's Dict. Ant. s. v. II. That which is engraved: scalptūra, sculptūra: the former is used of carvings in stone, Vitr. 4, 1, ad init. A copper-plate e., *pictura ex aere (ex aenea lamina) impressa.
ENGRAVING Copy link • ENGRAVINGscalptura: sculptura (both, also, “an engraving”): *simulacrum in aes incisum (on copper) : pictura in aes incisa. A ring, with an engraving of the rape of Proserpine, annulus, cujus gemmae sculptura (al. scalptura) erat Proserpinae raptus.