sculpo
Οὐδὲν γυναικὸς χεῖρον οὐδὲ τῆς καλῆς → Nil muliere peius est, pulchra quoque → Das Schlimmste ist, selbst wenn sie schön ist, eine Frau
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sculpō,¹⁴ psī, ptum, ĕre (cf. scalpo ), tr., sculpter : Cic. Ac. 2, 100 ; Vitr. Arch. 1, 2 ; sculpere ebur Ov. M. 10, 248, travailler l’ivoire || [fig.] graver [dans l’esprit] : Apul. Plat. 2, 20.
