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caelātūra , ae, f. id.,
I.the art of engraving or carving bass-reliefs in metals and ivory, engraving, celature.
B. In other substances, e. g. in clay, Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 158; cf. id. 19, 4, 19, § 53; Dig. 13, 1, 13; cf. caelo, I. B.—
II. Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), the engraved figures themselves, carved work, Suet. Ner. 47: “usque adeo attritis caelaturis, ne figura discerni possit,Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 157; Sen. Ep. 5, 3; Quint. 2, 17, 8; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Suetonius, Nero, 47
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.53
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 17.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 21.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 4.7
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 5.3
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