involucrum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin involūcrum.

Noun

involucrum (plural involucra)

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

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Latin

Etymology

From Latin involvō.

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	involūcrum	involūcra
Genitive	involūcrī	involūcrōrum
Dative	involūcrō	involūcrīs
Accusative	involūcrum	involūcra
Ablative	involūcrō	involūcrīs
Vocative	involūcrum	involūcra

Descendants

• Asturian: embruyu
• → English: involucre, involucrum
• → French: involucre
• Galician: envurullo
• → Italian: involucro
• → 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.