sculptilis

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

sculptĭlis, e, adj. [sculpo],

formed or produced by carving , graving , etc., sculptile (poet.): opus dentis Numidae, Ov. P. 4, 9, 28: forma in aere, Prud. στεφ. 10, 266. —Subst.: sculptĭle , is, n., a carved image , statue , Vulg. Judic. 17, 3: sculptilia deorum, id. 1 Macc. 5, 68: deos et sculptilia, id. Dan. 11, 8.

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