sculpo

Latin

Etymology

From scalpo, which has undergone apophony in compounds such as exsculpo.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

  • Catalan: esculpir
  • English: sculpt
  • French: sculpter
  • 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.
  1. ^ Ernout A., Meillet A., Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine, 2001.
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