English → Latin
“infold” in Latin
involvōto roll to or upon something; to roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve; cover, overwhelm; curl, coil up; veil; to involvobvolvōto wrap around, cover all over, muffle up; smothercircumclūdōto surround or encircle; to hedge or shut incircumdōto surround, enclose, encirclecingōto surround, circle, ring, encircle; to gird on; to crown or garlandcontineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, boundcomprehendōto lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip; to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold ocomplectorto embrace or hug; to encircle, surround, encompass; to comprehend, understand
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
infold
involvere (roll up, i. e., by something wrapped round; also, figuratively, sua virtute se involvere, Hor.): obvolvere (e.g., brachium fasciis, Suet.); sometimes circumcludere. circumdare: cingere (to surround): continere: comprehendere (to hold enclosed): complecti (to embrace): circumplicare aliquid; circumjectum esse aliquid (of living things, turning round; e.g., serpents: si anguis vectem circumjectus fuisset, Cic.). To infold in one’s arms, aliquem complexu tenere, or by the verbs = to embrace, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for infold?
- The usual Latin words for “infold” are involvō, obvolvō, circumclūdō; also circumdō, cingō, contineō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.