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..."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..."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..."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..."