Sculptor

See also: sculptor

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Apparātus Scūlptoris, Latin for "sculptor's apparatus" but later shortened.

Proper noun

Sculptor

1. (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the southern sky. It lies between Aquarius and Phoenix and lies in the direction of the southern pole of the Milky Way.

Derived terms

• Sculptoris

Translations

constellation

• Finnish: Kuvanveistäjä (fi)
• French: Sculpteur (fr) m
• Galician: Escultor (gl)
• German: Bildhauer (de) m
• Greek: Γλύπτης (el) m (Glýptis)
• Malay: Pengukir
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Billedhuggeren (no)

  Nynorsk: Bilethoggaren (no), Bildehoggaren (no)

• Polish: Rzeźbiarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Escultor (pt) m
• Russian: Скульптор (Skulʹptor)
• Spanish: Sculptor
• Swedish: Bildhuggaren (sv) c
• Vietnamese: nhà điêu khắc (vi)