English

Noun

lorica ‎(plural loricae)

1. (historical) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
3. (zoology) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.

Latin

Etymology 1

Dubious, but traditionally taken to derive from lōrum ‎(“a leathern strap or thong”).

Alternative forms

• lūrīca Medieval

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /loːˈriː.ka/, [ɫoːˈriː.ka]

Noun

lōrīca f ‎(genitive lōrīcae); first declension

1. A coat of mail
2. breastplate

Declension

First declension.

Synonyms

• (coat of mail): cataphractēs
• (breastplate): thōrax

Descendants

• Translingual: Loricifera (taxon)
• Italian: lorica
• Old Portuguese: loriga
• Portuguese: loriga
• Spanish: loriga

Etymology 2

A regularly conjugated form of lōrīcō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /loːˈriː.kaː/, [ɫoːˈriː.kaː]

Verb

lōrīcā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lōrīcō

References

• lorica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lorica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LORICA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lorica”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• lorica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lorica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin