ectypus
ectypus, a, um, adj., = ἔκτυπος,
- engraved in relief, embossed, Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 152; 37, 10, 63, § 173; cf.: imago eminente gemma, Sen. Ben. 3, 26.
ectypus, a, um (ἔκτυπος), erhaben, t.t. von erhaben gearbeiteten Kunstsachen in Holz, Erz, Marmor, Edelstein, imaginem Tiberii Caesaris habens ectypam et eminente gemmā, hatte (in einem Ringe) den T. auf einem Kameo abgeformt, Sen. de ben. 3, 26, 1: gemmae, quae ad ectypas scalpturas aptantur, zu Rameos, Plin. 37, 173. – neutr. plur. subst., postea ectypa fecit, erhabene Arbeit, Reliefs, Plin. 35, 152. (vgl. Otfr. Müllers Archäol. § 311, 1).
ectўpus, a, um, (ἔκτυπος), qui est en relief, saillant, travaillé en bosse : Plin. 35, 152 ; Sen. Ben. 3, 26, 1.
ECTYPUS
E´CTYPUS(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]