Ectypus
ἔκτυπος
Ectypus (ἔκτυπος), properly an adjective, formed in a mould
(τύπος, forma), or wrought in high relief,
thus distinguished from ἀνάγλυφος, in low relief
[ANAGLYPHA]. Hence (1) the subst. ectypum, a cast in plaster or terra-cotta, which presents the objects in relief (Plin. Nat. 35.152). The accompanying examples are from a terra-cotta and mould in the British Museum. (2) Ectypa gemma (Senec. de Benef. 3.26) or scalptura (Plin. Nat. 37.173), an engraved stone cut in relief, now called a cameo (Rich, s.v. Guhl and Koner, ed. 5, p. 233). [W.W]
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.