involutus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of involvō.

Participle

involūtus (feminine involūta, neuter involūtum); first/second-declension participle

  1. enveloped, involved
  2. complicated, complex, convoluted
  3. overwhelmed
  4. curled (up)
  5. veiled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative involūtus involūta involūtum involūtī involūtae involūta
genitive involūtī involūtae involūtī involūtōrum involūtārum involūtōrum
dative involūtō involūtae involūtō involūtīs
accusative involūtum involūtam involūtum involūtōs involūtās involūta
ablative involūtō involūtā involūtō involūtīs
vocative involūte involūta involūtum involūtī involūtae involūta

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • involutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • involutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • involutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make an obscure notion clear by means of definition: involutae rei notitiam definiendo aperire (Or. 33. 116)