caelo

caelō āvī, ātus

caelum, a chisel; see 2 SAC-, SEC-, to engrave in relief, make raised work, carve, engrave (usu. in silver or copper): speciem argento: galeas aere: caelata in auro facta, V.: flumina Argento, O.: scuta auro, L.: calvam auro, emboss , L.: si quicquam caelati aspexerat, engraved work . —Rarely of wood-carving: pocula Fagina, caelatum opus, V.— Fig., to adorn, finish : Caelatum novem musis opus, by the muses , H.: caelatus stellis Delphin, decked , O.