sculptura

See also: sculptură

Latin

Etymology

From sculpō (“carve”) +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /skulpˈtuː.ra/, [s̠kʊɫ̪pˈt̪uː.ɾa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skulpˈtu.ra/, [skulpˈt̪uː.ra]

Noun

sculptūra f (genitive sculptūrae); first declension

1. the act of cutting out or carving
2. a sculpture, a figure carved or cut out

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Descendants

• → Dutch: sculptuur
• → English: sculpture
• → French: sculpture
• → Norman: stchulptuthe
• → Russian: скульптура (skulʹptura)

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