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Webster 1913 Edition

Sculptor

Sculp′tor

,
Noun.
[L.
sculptor
, fr.
sculpere
,
sculptum
, to carve; cf.
scalpere
to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. [GREEK] to carve: cf. F.
sculpteur
.]
1.
One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.
2.
Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sculptor

SCULP'TOR

,
Noun.
[L. See Sculp.] One whose occupation is to carve wood or stone int images; a carver.

Definition 2024

Sculptor

Sculptor

See also: sculptor

English

Proper noun

Sculptor

  1. (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the southern sky. It lies between Aquarius and Phoenix and lies in the direction of the southern pole of the Milky Way.

Derived terms

Translations

sculptor

sculptor

See also: Sculptor

English

Noun

sculptor ‎(plural sculptors)

  1. A person who sculpts. An artist who produces sculpture.

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskulp.tor/, [ˈskʊɫp.tɔr]

Noun

sculptor m ‎(genitive sculptōris); third declension

  1. stone-cutter, sculptor

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative sculptor sculptōrēs
genitive sculptōris sculptōrum
dative sculptōrī sculptōribus
accusative sculptōrem sculptōrēs
ablative sculptōre sculptōribus
vocative sculptor sculptōrēs

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Descendants

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scūlptor, French sculpteur.

Noun

sculptor m ‎(plural sculptori, feminine equivalent sculptoriță)

  1. sculptor

Declension

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Apparātus Scūlptoris, Latin for "sculptor's apparatus" but later shortened.

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