involucrum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin involūcrum. Doublet of involucre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɪnvəˈluːkɹəm/

Noun

involucrum (plural involucra)

(anatomy) 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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.wɔˈɫuː.krũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱ.voˈluː.krum]

Noun

involūcrum n (genitive involūcrī); second declension

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.