involucrum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin involūcrum. Doublet of involucre.

Noun

involucrum (plural involucra)

1. (anatomy) A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone.
2. (botany) An involucre.

Derived terms

• involucral

Latin

Etymology

From involvō +‎ -crum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.u̯oˈluː.krum/, [ɪnu̯ɔˈɫ̪uːkrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.voˈlu.krum/, [iɱvoˈluːkrum]

Noun

involūcrum n (genitive involūcrī); second declension

1. wrapper, covering, case, envelope

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	involūcrum	involūcra
genitive	involūcrī	involūcrōrum
dative	involūcrō	involūcrīs
accusative	involūcrum	involūcra
ablative	involūcrō	involūcrīs
vocative	involūcrum	involūcra

Descendants

• Asturian: embruyu
• Asturian: gorollu
• → Catalan: involucre
• → English: involucrum
• → French: involucre
  • → English: involucre
• Galician: envurullo
• → Italian: involucro
• → Portuguese: invólucro
• → Spanish: involucro

References

• “involucrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “involucrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• involucrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.