WRAP Copy link • WRAPPROP., 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).