sculpo
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sculpo: psi, ptum, 3, v. a. cf. γλύφω,> to hollow out, grave; also scalpo, γλάφω>,
I to carve, cut, grave, chisel in stone, brass, wood, etc.; to form, fashion, or produce by carving, graving, etc. (very rare but class.; in the MSS. very freq. interchanged with scalpere).
I Lit.: non est e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus, * Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: niveum mirā arte Sculpsit ebur, Ov. M. 10, 248: quid sculptum infabre, quid fusum durius esset, Hor. S. 2, 3, 22: denticulos in coronis, Vitr. 1, 2; Luc. 3, 224: in gemmā ancoram, Just. 15, 4, 4.—
II Trop.
(a) Dicet scripta et, ut Demosthenes ait, si continget, et sculpta, i. e. things wrought out, elaborated, Quint. 12, 9, 16.—
(b) In animo ejus sculptum, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 23, 11.
