different between exuvial vs exuviae

English

Etymology

From Latin exuviae (“what is stripped”), from exuo (“shed, strip”)

Adjective

exuvial (not comparable)

1. Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.

   The floor of the cave was covered with the exuvial remains of unknown creatures.

English

Etymology

From Latin exu? (“cast off, undress”).

Noun

exuviae

1. plural of exuvia

Noun

exuviae pl (plural only)

1. The coverings of an animal that have been shed or cast off, particularly the molted exoskeletons of arthropods.
2. (historical, military) Among the Ancient Romans, weaponry and equipment stripped from the person of a foe; booty.

Related terms

• exuvial

Latin

Noun

exuviae

1. nominative plural of exuvia
2. genitive singular of exuvia
3. dative singular of exuvia
4. vocative plural of exuvia

References

• exuviae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exuviae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exuviae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette