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Latin
Etymology
From sculpt- (perfect passive participial stem of sculpō (“to carve, chisel, sculpt”)) + -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sculptilis (neuter sculptile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- carved, engraved, sculpted
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
References
- “sculptilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sculptilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sculptilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- sculptilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016