indusium

English

Etymology

From Latin induēre.

Noun

indusium (plural indusia)

  1. (botany) A protecting membrane, especially that covering the developing spores of a fern.

See also

Latin

Etymology

From induō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈduː.si.um/, [ɪnˈduː.si.ũ]

Noun

indūsium n (genitive indūsiī); second declension

  1. a woman's undergarment

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative indūsium indūsia
genitive indūsiī indūsiōrum
dative indūsiō indūsiīs
accusative indūsium indūsia
ablative indūsiō indūsiīs
vocative indūsium indūsia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: indúsio

References

  • indusium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • indusium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • indusium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • indusium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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