(verb) : in-sculpo (inscalp-), psi, ptum, 3
* To cut or carve in or upon, to engrave.
* Lit.
* With dat. (poet. and in postAug. prose): summam patrimonii saxo (shortly before, incidere),Hor. S. 2, 3, 90: litteras tabellae,Quint. 1, 1, 27: elogium tumulo,Suet. Claud. 1: incisa et insculpta sunt publicis aeternisque monumentis praetoria ornamenta Pallantis,Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 14: usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere,Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.
* Trop., to engrave, imprint: natura insculpsit in mentibus, ut deos aeternos et beatos haberemus,Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45: omnibus enim innatum est et in animo quasi insculptum, esse deos,id. ib. 1, 4, 12: in animo,id. Ac. 2, 1, 2.
* Absol. (with abl. of manner): ara cum ingenti titulo Punicis Graecisque litteris insculpto,Liv. 28, 46, 16.

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