sculpo

Latin

Etymology

From scalpo, which has undergone apophony in compounds such as exsculpo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskʊɫ.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskul.po]

Verb

sculpō (present infinitive sculpere, perfect active sculpsī, supine sculptum); third conjugation, no passive

1. to carve, chisel (in stone, metal, or wood)
2. to fashion by sculpting, sculpt

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sculpō (third conjugation, third person-only in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sculpō		sculpis		sculpit		sculpimus		sculpitis		sculpunt
	imperfect	sculpēbam		sculpēbās		sculpēbat		sculpēbāmus		sculpēbātis		sculpēbant
	future	sculpam		sculpēs		sculpet		sculpēmus		sculpētis		sculpent
	perfect	sculpsī		sculpsistī		sculpsit		sculpsimus		sculpsistis		sculpsērunt, sculpsēre
	pluperfect	sculpseram		sculpserās		sculpserat		sculpserāmus		sculpserātis		sculpserant
	future perfect	sculpserō		sculpseris		sculpserit		sculpserimus		sculpseritis		sculpserint
passive	present	—		—		sculpitur		—		—		sculpuntur
	imperfect	—		—		sculpēbātur		—		—		sculpēbantur
	future	—		—		sculpētur		—		—		sculpentur
	perfect	—		—		sculptum est		—		—		sculpta sunt
	pluperfect	—		—		sculptum erat		—		—		sculpta erant
	future perfect	—		—		sculptum erit		—		—		sculpta erint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sculpam		sculpās		sculpat		sculpāmus		sculpātis		sculpant
	imperfect	sculperem		sculperēs		sculperet		sculperēmus		sculperētis		sculperent
	perfect	sculpserim		sculpserīs		sculpserit		sculpserīmus		sculpserītis		sculpserint
	pluperfect	sculpsissem		sculpsissēs		sculpsisset		sculpsissēmus		sculpsissētis		sculpsissent
passive	present	—		—		sculpātur		—		—		sculpantur
	imperfect	—		—		sculperētur		—		—		sculperentur
	perfect	—		—		sculptum sit		—		—		sculpta sint
	pluperfect	—		—		sculptum esset		—		—		sculpta essent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sculpe		—		—		sculpite		—
	future	—		sculpitō		sculpitō		—		sculpitōte		sculpuntō
passive	future	—		—		sculpitor		—		—		sculpuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sculpere			sculpī			sculpēns			—
future		sculptūrum esse			sculptum īrī			sculptūrus			sculpendum, sculpundum
perfect		sculpsisse			sculptum esse			—			sculptum
future perfect		—			sculptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sculptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sculpendī		sculpendō		sculpendum		sculpendō		sculptum		sculptū

Derived terms

• sculptilis
• sculptor
• sculptūra
• sculptus

Related terms

• sculptūrātus

Descendants

• Catalan: esculpir
• English: sculpt
• French: sculpter
  • Romanian: sculpta
• Galician: esculpir
• Italian: scolpire
• Piedmontese: sculpì
• Portuguese: esculpir
• Spanish: esculpir

References

• “sculpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sculpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sculpo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.