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sculptor

gen. sculptōris · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
one who cuts; carves; engraves •
one who cuts, carves, or engraves in stone, wood, etc. (cf.: fictor, plastes), a stone-cutter, graver, sculptor, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 132; 36, 5, 4, § 11 (Jahn reads throughout scalptor); Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 4: opere sculptoris, Vulg. Exod. 23, 11; Cassiod. Var. 7, 5 (sometimes confounded with scalptor).
Perseus ID: n43151 Key: sculptor