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tŏreuta, ae, m., = τορευτής, one who makes embossed work, a chaser, graver, Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54.

tŏreutĭcē, ēs, f., = τορευτική, the art of making embossed work, chasing, sculpture ( = caelatura), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 77.
In apposition: (Phidias) primus artem toreuticen aperuisse judicatur, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 270 (2d edit.).