involucrum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin involūcrum. Doublet of involucre.

Noun

involucrum (plural involucra)

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

Latin

Etymology

From involvō +‎ -crum.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /in.u̯oˈluː.krum/, [ɪnu̯ɔˈɫ̪uːkrʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.voˈlu.krum/, [iɱvoˈluːkrum]

Noun

involūcrum n (genitive involūcrī); second declension

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
→ Catalan: involucre
→ English: involucrum
→ French: involucre
- → English: 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

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