exuviae

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin exuviae, from exuō (“cast off, undress”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === exuviae plural of exuvia === Noun === exuviae pl (plural only) The coverings of an animal that have been shed or cast off, particularly the molted exoskeletons of arthropods. Synonyms: exuvium, exuvia (historical, military) Among the Ancient Romans, weaponry and equipment stripped from the person of a foe; booty. ==== Related terms ==== exuviable exuvial === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From exuō. Compare induviae. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈsʊ.wi.ae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eɡˈzuː.vi.e] === Noun === exuviae f pl (genitive exuviārum); first declension spoils, booty skin of a snake etc. sloughed off remains (that which has been taken off) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, plural only. ==== Alternative forms ==== exuvia exuvium === Noun === exuviae inflection of exuvia: nominative/vocative plural genitive/dative singular === 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.