Sculptor

See also: sculptor

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Apparātus Scūlptoris, Latin for "sculptor's apparatus" but later shortened.

Proper noun

Sculptor

(astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the southern sky. It lies between Aquarius and Phoenix and lies in the direction of the southern pole of the Milky Way.

Derived terms

Sculptoris

Translations

constellation

French: Sculpteur (fr) m
Galician: Escultor (gl)
German: Bildhauer (de) m
Greek: Γλύπτης (el) m (Glýptis)
Malay: Pengukir
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Billedhuggeren (no)

Nynorsk: Bilethoggaren (no), Bildehoggaren (no)

Polish: Rzeźbiarz (pl) m
Portuguese: Escultor (pt) m
Russian: Скульптор (Skul'ptor)
Spanish: Sculptor
Swedish: Bildhuggaren (sv) c
Vietnamese: nhà điêu khắc (vi)

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