toreutice
tŏreutĭcē, ēs, f., = τορευτική,
- the art of making embossed work, chasing, sculpture ( = caelatura), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 77.—In apposition: (Phidias) primus artem toreuticen aperuisse judicatur, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 270 (2d edit.).
toreuticē, ēs, f. (τορευτική, sc. τέχνη), die Kunst, durch Formen und Gießen halberhabene Arbeit in Metall, bes. in Bronze, zu machen, die Toreutik (das Ziselieren, Gravieren usw.), rein lat. caelatura, Plin. 34, 56; 35, 77: ars toreutice, Plin. 34, 54.
tŏreutĭcē, ēs, f. (τορευτική), la toreutique, art de ciseler : Plin. 34, 56 ; 35, 77.
TOREUTICE
TOREU´TICE(τορευτική). [CAELATURA]
Toreutĭcé
(τορευτική). A name derived from the graver's tool (τορεύς), and denoting the art of ornamental work in metal. It is treated under caelatura.