lorica

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin lōrīca, literally "a corselet of thongs", probably from lorum (“thong”). === Noun === lorica (plural loricas or loricae) (historical) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. (chemistry, obsolete) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire. (zoology) The protective case or shell of a Loricifera, infusorium or rotifer ==== Derived terms ==== loricate ==== See also ==== == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin lōrīca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /loˈri.ka/ Rhymes: -ika Hyphenation: lo‧rì‧ca === Noun === lorica f (plural loriche) lorica === 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 ==== lūrīca (Medieval Latin) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫoːˈriː.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [loˈriː.ka] ==== Noun ==== lōrīca f (genitive lōrīcae); first declension A coat of mail A breastplate ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Synonyms ===== (coat of mail): cataphractēs (breastplate): thōrax ===== Derived terms ===== lōrīca hāmāta lōrīca segmentāta lōrīca squāmāta ===== Descendants ===== →⇒ Translingual: Loricifera (taxon) Asturian: lloriga Catalan: lloriga → English: lorica (learned) Galician: loriga Italian: lorica Old Galician-Portuguese: loriga Portuguese: loriga Romanian: lorică Spanish: loriga Welsh: llurig === Etymology 2 === Form of the verb lōrīcō (“plaster, armour”) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫoːˈriː.kaː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [loˈriː.ka] ==== Verb ==== lōrīcā 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, 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