tŏreutĭcē, ēs, f., = τορευτική,
the art of making embossed work , chasing , sculpture ( = caelatura), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 77.—In apposition: (Phidias) primus artem toreuticen aperuisse judicatur, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 270 (2d edit.).