sculptura

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

sculptūra, ae, f. [sculpo],

I a cutting out , carving in relief , sculpture : anulus, cujus gemmae sculptura erat Proserpinae raptus, Suet. Ner. 46: anulus ejusdem sculpturae, Just. 15, 4, 5; Quint. 2, 21, 9.—

2 Concr., esp. in plur., marbles , works of plastic art , Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 209 (Jahn, scalptura); Vitr. 2, 9.