caelaturae
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;
dat. sg. fut. act. part.gen. sg. fut. act. part.nom. pl. 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);
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- L
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..." - M
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..."
