caelatura
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caelo, caelare, caelavi, caelatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
carve, make raised work/relief; engrave, emboss; chase, finish; embroider;
abl. sg. fut. act. part.acc. pl. fut. act. part.nom. sg. fut. act. part.nom. pl. fut. act. part.voc. sg. fut. act. part.voc. pl. fut. act. part. - Entry →caelatura, caelaturae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
engraving/carving (art/process); engraved work, engraving/carving (product);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quidem; non habeamus argentum in quod solidi auri caelatura descenderit, sed non putemus frugalitatis indicium auro argentoque caruisse..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...initio tenuem nimium laminam duxerimus et quam caelatura altior rumpat. Quod me de his aetatibus sentire minus mirabitur..."
