Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

The word sculpendi could not be parsed. Trying a normal dictionary lookup:

No entries found. Showing closest matches:

sculpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [cf. γλύφω, to hollow out, grave; also scalpo, γλάφω], to carve, cut, grave, chisel in stone, brass, wood, etc.; to form, fashion, or produce by carving, graving, etc. (very rare but class.; in the MSS. very freq. interchanged with scalpere).

  1. I. Lit.: non est e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus, * Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: niveum mirā arte Sculpsit ebur, Ov. M. 10, 248: quid sculptum infabre, quid fusum durius esset, Hor. S. 2, 3, 22: denticulos in coronis, Vitr. 1, 2; Luc. 3, 224: in gemmā ancoram, Just. 15, 4, 4.
  2. II. Trop.
          1. (α) Dicet scripta et, ut Demosthenes ait, si continget, et sculpta, i. e. things wrought out, elaborated, Quint. 12, 9, 16.
          2. (β) In animo ejus sculptum, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 23, 11.

sculpōnĕae, ārum, f. [perh. kindred with κρούπαλα], an inferior kind of wooden shoe, Cato, R. R. 59; 135, 1; Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 59; Nov. ap. Fulg. 562, 33.

* sculpōnĕātus, a, um, adj. [sculponeae], wearing wooden shoes, Varr. ap. Non. 164, 23.

sculptĭlis, e, adj. [sculpo], formed or produced by carving, graving, etc., sculptile (poet.): opus dentis Numidae, Ov. P. 4, 9, 28: forma in aere, Prud. στεφ. 10, 266.
Subst.: sculptĭle, is, n., a carved image, statue, Vulg. Judic. 17, 3: sculptilia deorum, id. 1 Macc. 5, 68: deos et sculptilia, id. Dan. 11, 8.

sculptor, ōris, m. [sculpo], one who cuts, carves, or engraves in stone, wood, etc. (cf.: fictor, plastes), a stone-cutter, graver, sculptor, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 132; 36, 5, 4, § 11 (Jahn reads throughout scalptor); Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 4: opere sculptoris, Vulg. Exod. 23, 11; Cassiod. Var. 7, 5 (sometimes confounded with scalptor).

sculptūra, ae, f. [sculpo], a cutting out, carving in relief, sculpture: anulus, cujus gemmae sculptura erat Proserpinae raptus, Suet. Ner. 46: anulus ejusdem sculpturae, Just. 15, 4, 5; Quint. 2, 21, 9.

    1. 2. Concr., esp. in plur., marbles, works of plastic art, Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 209 (Jahn, scalptura); Vitr. 2, 9.

* sculptūrātus, a, um, adj. [sculptura], of or belonging to sculpture: ars, i. e. the art of sculpture, Ven. Carm. 9, 15.

sculptus, a, um, Part., v. sculpo.