scalptura

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

scalptūra, ae, f. [scalpo].

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.