sculptura

See also: sculptură

Latin

Etymology

From sculpō (“carve”) +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /skulpˈtuː.ra/, [skʊɫpˈtuː.ra]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skulpˈtu.ra/, [skulpˈtuː.ra]

Noun

sculptūra f (genitive sculptūrae); first declension

  1. The act of cutting out or carving.
  2. A figure carved or cut out, sculpture.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sculptūra sculptūrae
Genitive sculptūrae sculptūrārum
Dative sculptūrae sculptūrīs
Accusative sculptūram sculptūrās
Ablative sculptūrā sculptūrīs
Vocative sculptūra sculptūrae

Descendants

References
  • sculptura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sculptura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sculptura in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sculptura in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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