sculpo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskul.poː/, [ˈs̠kʊɫ̪poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskul.po/, [ˈskulpo]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Conjugation of sculpō (third conjugation, active only)
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
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
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sculpe	—	—	sculpite	—
	future	—	sculpitō	sculpitō	—	sculpitōte	sculpuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sculpere	sculpsisse	sculptūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		sculpēns	—	sculptūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sculpendī	sculpendō	sculpendum	sculpendō	sculptum	sculptū

Derived terms

Derived terms

• sculptilis
• sculptor

• sculptūra
• sculptus

Related terms

• sculptūrātus

Descendants

• Catalan: esculpir
• English: sculpt
• French: sculpter
• Galician: esculpir
• 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.