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] Long -ū- is established by the scansion of Plautus Captivi 267. An alternative scansion invŏlŭcrum (needed to fit the word into dactylic meter) appears in Late Latin poets. === Noun === involūcrum n (genitive involūcrī); second declension wrapper, covering, case, envelope ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: embruyu Galician: envurullo With loss of the prefix (compare Medieval Latin volūcrum): Asturian: gorollu Spanish: burujo Galician: vurullo Borrowings: → Catalan: involucre → English: involucrum → French: involucre → English: involucre → Italian: involucro → Portuguese: invólucro → Spanish: involucro === References === === Further reading === “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.