sculpo Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Trop.(a). Dicet scripta et, ut Demosthenes ait, si continget, et sculpta, i. e. ...(b). In animo ejus sculptum, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 23, 11 ... ⓘsculptūre: fut part act masc/neut voc sg • sculpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [cf. γλύφω, to hollow out, grave; also scalpo, γλάφω], to carve, cut, grave, chisel in stone, brass, wood, etc.; to form, fashion, or produce by carving, graving, etc. (very rare but class.; in the MSS. very freq. interchanged with scalpere). I. Lit.: non est e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus, * Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: niveum mirā arte Sculpsit ebur, Ov. M. 10, 248: quid sculptum infabre, quid fusum durius esset, Hor. S. 2, 3, 22: denticulos in coronis, Vitr. 1, 2; Luc. 3, 224: in gemmā ancoram, Just. 15, 4, 4.— II. Trop. α. Dicet scripta et, ut Demosthenes ait, si continget, et sculpta, i. e. things wrought out, elaborated, Quint. 12, 9, 16.— β. In animo ejus sculptum, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 23, 11.
sculpō Copy link ⓘsculptūre: fut part act masc/neut voc sg • sculpō, psī, ptum, ĕre (cf. scalpo), tr., sculpter : Cic. Ac. 2, 100 ; Vitr. Arch. 1, 2 ; sculpere ebur Ov. M. 10, 248, travailler l'ivoire || [fig.] graver [dans l'esprit] : Apul. Plat. 2, 20.
sculpo Copy link ⓘsculptūre: fut part act masc/neut voc sg SCVLPO psi, ptum, ere. [γλύφω, γλάπτω] Caedendo imaginem aliquam effingere. […] 🗁 Page Scan .
sculpture (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The art of carving1. sculptūra s. scalptūra2. expr. by verb3. stătuāria (more precisely, statuary, as an artII. A work executed by a sculptor • sculpture (subs.): I. The art of carving: 1. sculptūra s. scalptūra: (carving in stone, wood, etc.): s. embraces wood, ivory, marble, glass, precious stones, sculptura lignum, ebur, marmor, vitrum, gemmas complectitur, Quint. 2, 21, 9: cf. Plin. 16, 40, 77: v. engraving. 2. expr. by verb: the art of s. was invented by ..., *ars [marmoris, etc.] sculpendi ab ... reperta est: the Athenians excelled in marble s., *praecipuam Athenienses marmoris sculpendi laudem habuerunt: v. to sculpture. 3. stătuāria (more precisely, statuary, as an art: rare): Plin. 35, 12, 45. II. A work executed by a sculptor: expr. by ŏpus, marmor, esp. in connexion with verb sculpo: a rich s. of foreign marble, externo marmore dives opus, Ov. A. A. 1, 70: he was famed for a s. representing the Venus of Gnidus, marmore nobilitatus est, Gnidiaque Venere, Plin. 7, 38, 39: Athens is famed for its marble s.s, *inclaruerunt Athenae operibus marmore sculptis: his s.s at Rome are ..., Romae ejus opera sunt ..., Plin. 36, 45, §§ 5 and 6 (where the context defines). Also signum marmoreum: Plin. 36, 5, 5 (sunt in Cnido et alia signa marmorea illustrium artificum).
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.)
SCULPTURE Copy link • SCULPTURE 1. s. The act of sculpturing, coelatura: sculptura: scalptura. SYN. in the verb. A thing sculptured, coelamen (Ov.): signum (any plastic work; opposed to tabulae, picturae) [Vid: STATUE.] The art of sculpturing, ars pingendi: ars signa fabricandi: ars et statuas et simulacra fingendi 2. v. coelare (from κοῖλος: to work figures in relief on metals, especially silver, ivory, etc.; also in wood; Verg. Freund writes caelare): scalpere: sculpere (the former of work but little raised, like ξέειν; the latter like γλύφειν, of works in half or whole relief. So Müller, Archaeol., 108): insculpere: scribere: inscribere (of cutting Inscript.). To sculpture anything in gold, aliquid auro or in auro coelare: to sculpture in stone, aliquid e saxo sculpere or exsculpere: to sculpture in marble, scalpere marmora (Cic.): to sculpture flowers, scalpere flores (Vitr.).