lorica

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lōrīca, literally "a corselet of thongs", probably from lorum (“thong”).

Noun

lorica (plural loricas or 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 a Loricifera, infusorian or rotifer

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lorica”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lōrīca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loˈri.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: lo‧rì‧ca

Noun

lorica f (plural loriche)

  1. lorica
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 49:
      Ma orrenda mi parve dal lato opposto un'aquila, il becco dilatato, le piume irte disposte a lorìca, gli artigli possenti, le grandi ali aperte.
      But from the opposite side an eagle looked terrifying, the open beak, the spiked feathers placed like in a lorica, the strong claws, the large wings.

Further reading

  • lorica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

lōrīca f (genitive lōrīcae); first declension

  1. A coat of mail
  2. A breastplate
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lōrīca lōrīcae
genitive lōrīcae lōrīcārum
dative lōrīcae lōrīcīs
accusative lōrīcam lōrīcās
ablative lōrīcā lōrīcīs
vocative lōrīca lōrīcae
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Form of the verb lōrīcō (“plaster, armour”)

Pronunciation

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lorica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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
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