English → Latin
“wrap” 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; smothervēlōto cover, wrap, veil; to conceal, covertegōto cover; to clothe; to conceal, hide, protectobdūcōto lead, conduct, bring or draw towards, before, forward or against; to cover by drawing over; cover over, overlay, over
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wrap
PROP., involvere; (in anything), in aliqua re (e.g., sal in linteolo): obvolvere (to wrap round, muffle up, cover over). To wrap up in paper, charta amicire (Hor., Ep., 2, 1, 270): to wrap a child in swaddling clothes, infantem involucris colligare (Plaut., Amph., 5, 1, 52): to be well wrapped up, curiose vestimentis involvi or involutum esse (e.g., curiose vestimentis involvendus est, ne frigus ad eum aspiret, Cels.).
Figuratively, involvere (the proper word): velare (to veil): tegere (to cover): obducere (to put round as a veil): to wrap one’s self up in his virtue, sua virtute se involvere (Hor., Od., 3, 29, 5).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wrap?
- The usual Latin words for “wrap” are involvō, obvolvō, vēlō; also tegō, obdūcō. 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.