inductura

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

inductura (plural inducturae)

  1. (anatomy) In gastropod anatomy, a secondary layer of lamellar shell, usually situated along the inner lip of the aperture of a shell, and in some shells extending beyond.

Latin

Etymology

From indūcō (“draw over, cover”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /in.dukˈtuː.ra/, [ɪn̪d̪ʊkˈt̪uːrä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.dukˈtu.ra/, [in̪d̪ukˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

inductūra f (genitive inductūrae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) a covering, coating

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative inductūra inductūrae
Genitive inductūrae inductūrārum
Dative inductūrae inductūrīs
Accusative inductūram inductūrās
Ablative inductūrā inductūrīs
Vocative inductūra inductūrae

Participle

inductūra

  1. inflection of inductūrus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

inductūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of inductūrus

References
  • “inductura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inductura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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