toreutice

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tŏreutĭcē: ēs, f., = τορευτική,>
I 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.).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

tŏreutĭcē, ēs, f. (τορευτική), la toreutique, art de ciseler : Plin. 34, 56 ; 35, 77.

Latin > German (Georges)

toreuticē, ēs, f. (τορευτική, sc. τέχνη), die Kunst, durch Formen und Gießen halberhabene Arbeit in Metall, bes. in Bronze, zu machen, die Toreutik (das Ziselieren, Gravieren usw.), rein lat. caelatura, Plin. 34, 56; 35, 77: ars toreutice, Plin. 34, 54.

Latin > English

toreutice toreutices N F :: art of carving (Pliny)