caelaverat
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;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iuvenum foede thalamique cruenti, quae Clonus Eurytides multo caelaverat auro; quo nunc Turnus ovat spolio gaudetque potitus. nescia..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...erat, clipeo quoque flumina septem argento partim, partim caelaverat auro, 'adspice' ait 'Perseu, nostrae primordia gentis: magna feres..."