exuviae

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See also: exuviæ

English

Etymology

From Latin exuō (“cast off, undress”).

Noun

exuviae

  1. plural of exuvia
  2. (plural only) The coverings of an animal that have been shed or cast off, particularly the molted exoskeletons of arthropods.
  3. (plural only, history, military) Among the Ancient Romans, weaponry and equipment stripped from the person of a foe; booty.

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) exuviae

  1. nominative plural of exuvia
  2. genitive singular of exuvia
  3. dative singular of exuvia
  4. vocative plural of exuvia

References

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