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scalptūra

scalptūra · f

A cutting

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What it meant

scalptūra — Lewis & Short

scalptūra, ae, f.id..

I A cutting, carving, or graving in stone: gemmarum, Plin. 37, 7, 30, § 104; Suet. Galb. 10.—Plur., Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.—
II Concr., a graved figure, a sculpture: Zophori scalpturis ornati, Vitr. 4, 1, 2; 2, 9, 9; 3, 3, 10.

Where it came from

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