sculptura
See also: sculptură
Latin
Etymology
From sculpō (“carve”) + -tūra.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /skulpˈtuː.ra/, [skʊɫpˈtuː.ra]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skulpˈtu.ra/, [skulpˈtuː.ra]
Noun
sculptūra f (genitive sculptūrae); first declension
- The act of cutting out or carving.
- A figure carved or cut out, sculpture.
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sculptūra | sculptūrae |
| Genitive | sculptūrae | sculptūrārum |
| Dative | sculptūrae | sculptūrīs |
| Accusative | sculptūram | sculptūrās |
| Ablative | sculptūrā | sculptūrīs |
| Vocative | sculptūra | sculptūrae |
Descendants
- → Dutch: sculptuur
- → English: sculpture
- → French: sculpture
- → Norman: stchulptuthe
- → Russian: скульптура (skulʹptura)
References
- sculptura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sculptura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- 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