caelatus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...prohibet censura uetatque moechari. Gaude, Zoile, non futuis. Caelatus tibi cum sit, Anniane, serpens in patera Myronos arte..."- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Minervam tela tenent. saevit medio in certamine Mavors caelatus ferro, tristesque ex aethere Dirae, et scissa gaudens vadit..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Stymphalides undae, Partheniumque nemus? vestra virtute relatus Thermodontiaco caelatus balteus auro, pomaque ab insomni concustodita dracone? nec mihi..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...acri leviter versata favilla, omnia fictilibus. post haec caelatus eodem sistitur argento crater fabricataque fago pocula, qua cava..."