LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

sculptor

sculptor m (genitive sculptōris)
Classical[ˈskʊɫp.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈskulp.tor]

Meaning

  1. masculinestone-cutter, sculptor

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

artifex, quī ex dūrā māteriā fōrmās facit
sculptor sculptōris (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 20

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesculptorsculptōrēs
genitivesculptōrissculptōrum
dativesculptōrīsculptōribus
accusativesculptōremsculptōrēs
ablativesculptōresculptōribus
vocativesculptorsculptōrēs

sculptor, ōris, m. id.,
I. 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).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinsculptor

Latin ex- Latin scalpō Latin exsculpōbf. Latin sculpō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin sculptor From sculpō (“to sculpt”) + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalanescultor
  • Frenchsculpteur
  • Italianscultore
  • Occitanesculptor
  • Portugueseescultor
  • Romaniansculptor
  • Spanishescultor
  • Friulianscultôr
  • Galicianescultor
  • Lombardscultor

In English words that came into English from sculptor

  • sculptorsculptor

Quick answers

What does sculptor mean in Latin?
sculptor, a noun, means “stone-cutter, sculptor”.
What is the genitive of sculptor?
The genitive singular is sculptōris. sculptor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce sculptor?
In classical Latin, [ˈskʊɫp.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈskulp.tor].
Where does sculptor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin sculptor.