caelatura

caelatura
caelātūra, ae, f. [id.], the art of engraving or carving bass-reliefs in metals and ivory, engraving, celature.
I.
Lit.:

caelatura, quae auro, argento, aere, ferro opera efficit: nam sculptura etiam lignum, ebur, marmor, vitrum, gemmas, praeterea quae supra dixi, complectitur,

 Quint. 2, 21, 8:

caelatura altior,

 id. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 156.—
B.
In other substances, e. g. in clay, Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 158; cf. id. 19, 4, 19, § 53; Dig. 13, 1, 13; cf. caelo, I. B.—
II.
Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), the engraved figures themselves, carved work, Suet. Ner. 47:

usque adeo attritis caelaturis, ne figura discerni possit,

 Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 157; Sen. Ep. 5, 3; Quint. 2, 17, 8; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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