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insculpo

insculpo, to cut in, carve upon, engrave

in-sculpo (inscalp-), psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to cut or carve in or upon, to engrave.
  • I Lit.
          • α With dat. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): summam patrimonii saxo (shortly before, incidere), Hor. S. 2, 3, 90: litteras tabellae, Quint. 1, 1, 27: elogium tumulo, Suet. Claud. 1: incisa et insculpta sunt publicis aeternisque monumentis praetoria ornamenta Pallantis, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 14: usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.—
          • β With abl. (very rare): columna aenea insculptum, Liv. 2, 33, 9.—
          • γ Absol. (with abl. of manner): ara cum ingenti titulo Punicis Graecisque litteris insculpto, Liv. 28, 46, 16. —
  • II Trop., to engrave, imprint: natura insculpsit in mentibus, ut deos aeternos et beatos haberemus, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45: omnibus enim innatum est et in animo quasi insculptum, esse deos, id. ib. 1, 4, 12: in animo, id. Ac. 2, 1, 2.

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