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a carving in relief

  • 1 pictura

    pictūra, ae, f. [pingo], painting, the art of painting.
    I.
    Lit.:

    una est ars ratioque picturae,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 26; 1, 16, 73; id. Brut. 18, 70; App. Mund. p. 66, 23.—
    B.
    In partic., a painting of the face, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 105.—
    C.
    Transf., concr., a painting, picture (cf. tabula):

    et si qua inutilis pictura sit, eam vendat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 10; Cic. Or. 11, 36: nego ullam picturam neque in tabulis neque textilem fuisse, quin conquisierit, id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

    accedant statuae et picturae,

    Sen. Ep. 16, 8:

    positae sunt picturae Herculis liberos occidentis,

    id. Contr. 5, 34, 14:

    statuas et picturas avehere,

    Tac. A. 16, 23:

    dicitur tabulam picturae cedere,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 78.—Of embroideries:

    textilibus picturis,

    Lucr. 2, 35.—Of paintings in Mosaic, Verg. Cul. 64.—Of a carving in relief:

    et sculpsit in eis picturam cherubim,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 32.—
    II.
    Trop., a painting, picture in words:

    animum ab istā picturā imaginibusque virtutum traducere,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 14: Homerum tradunt caecum fuisse;

    at ejus picturam, non poësin videmus,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pictura

  • 2 sculptura

    sculptūra, ae, f. [id.], a cutting out, carving in relief, sculpture:

    anulus, cujus gemmae sculptura erat Proserpinae raptus,

    Suet. Ner. 46:

    anulus ejusdem sculpturae,

    Just. 15, 4, 5; Quint. 2, 21, 9.—
    2.
    Concr., esp. in plur., marbles, works of plastic art, Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 209 (Jahn, scalptura); Vitr. 2, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sculptura

  • 3 caelāmen

        caelāmen inis, n    [caelo], a bass-relief: clipei caelamina, O.
    * * *
    bas-relief, low relief carving; raised ornamentation

    Latin-English dictionary > caelāmen

  • 4 caelō

        caelō āvī, ātus    [caelum, a chisel; see 2 SAC-, SEC-], to engrave in relief, make raised work, carve, engrave (usu. in silver or copper): speciem argento: galeas ae<*>e: caelata in auro facta, V.: flumina Argento, O.: scuta auro, L.: calvam auro, emboss, L.: si quicquam caelati aspexerat, engraved work. —Rarely of wood-carving: pocula Fagina, caelatum opus, V. — Fig., to adorn, finish: Caelatum novem musis opus, by the muses, H.: caelatus stellis Delphin, decked, O.
    * * *
    caelare, caelavi, caelatus V TRANS
    carve, make raised work/relief; engrave, emboss; chase, finish; embroider

    Latin-English dictionary > caelō

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