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toreutice

toreutice · f

the art of making embossed work

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Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

tŏreutĭcē — Lewis & Short

tŏreutĭcē, ēs, f., = toreutikh/,

I 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.).

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