sculptura

See also: sculptură

Contents

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From sculpō (“carve”) +‎ -tūra.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

sculptūra f (genitive sculptūrae); first declension

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

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sculptūra	sculptūrae
genitive	sculptūrae	sculptūrārum
dative	sculptūrae	sculptūrīs
accusative	sculptūram	sculptūrās
ablative	sculptūrā	sculptūrīs
vocative	sculptūra	sculptūrae

DescendantsEdit

• Norman: stchulptuthe
• Russian: скульптура (skulʹptura)

ReferencesEdit

• sculptura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sculptura” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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