sculptura

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See also: sculptură

Latin

Etymology

From sculpō (carve) +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

sculptūra f (genitive sculptūrae); first declension

  1. the act of cutting out or carving
  2. a sculpture, a figure carved or cut out

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sculptūra sculptūrae
genitive sculptūrae sculptūrārum
dative sculptūrae sculptūrīs
accusative sculptūram sculptūrās
ablative sculptūrā sculptūrīs
vocative sculptūra sculptūrae

Descendants

References

  • sculptura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sculptura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sculptura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sculptura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin