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caelo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. caelum].I.Lit., answering to the Gr. toreuô, to engrave in relief upon metals (esp. silver) or wory, to make raised work, to carve, engrave; later also, to cast (cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. § 311 sq.; and v. Quint. 2, 21, 8, s. v. caelatura; Fest. s. v. ancaesa, p. 17; Isid. Orig. 13, 4, 1; 19, 7, 4; 20, 4, 7)' ab initio sic opus ducere, ut caelandum, non ex integro fabricandum sit, Quint. 10, 3, 18:B.hanc speciem Praxiteles caelavit argento,
Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:galeas aere Corinthio,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97:caelata in auro Fortia facta patrum,
Verg. A. 1, 640:clipeo quoque flumina septem Argento partim, partim caelaverat auro,
Ov. M. 5, 189; cf. id. ib. 2, 6; 13, 684: scuta auro, argento, Liv 9, 40, 2;7, 10, 7: vasa magnifica et pretiose caelata,
Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 116:vasa caelata,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 45; Liv. 34, 52, 5; 23, 24, 12;centauros in scyphis,
Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156: libidines in poculis, id. prooem. § 4 al.;Liv 23, 24, 12: caelatum aurum et argentum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; id. Or. 70, 232; id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; 2, 4, 23, § 52; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:caelata metus alios arma,
Val. Fl. 1, 402:Phorcys caelatus Gorgone parmam,
Sil. 10, 175.—To carve or engrave on other materials (cf. caelatura, I. B.);II.upon wood: pocula ponam Fagina, caelatum divini opus Alcimedontis,
Verg. E. 3, 36;in marble: caelavit Scopas pteron ab oriente,
Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 31; cf.:(vitrum) argenti modo caelatur,
id. 36, 26, 66, § 193; Vitr. 7, 3, 4.—Meton. of other works of art.A.Of skilful weaving or embroidering:B.velamina caelata multā arte,
Val. Fl. 5, 6.—Of poetry: carmina compono, hio elegos. Mirabile visu Caelatumque novem musis (i. e. a novem musis) opus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 92.—III.Trop.:quem modo caelatum stellis Delphina videbas, i. e. the constellation,
Ov. F. 2, 79.
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