LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

lōrīca

lōrīca f (genitive lōrīcae)
Classical[ɫoːˈriː.ka]Ecclesiastical[loˈriː.ka]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. A coat of mail
  2. A breastplate

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelōrīcalōrīcae
lūrīcae
genitivelōrīcae
lūrīcae		lōrīcārum
lūrīcārum
dativelōrīcae
lūrīcae		lōrīcīs
lūrīcīs
accusativelōrīcam
lūrīcam		lōrīcās
lūrīcās
ablativelōrīcālōrīcīs
lūrīcīs
vocativelōrīcalōrīcae
lūrīcae

lōrīca, ae, f. id.,
I. a leather cuirass, a corselet of thongs (opp. thorax, a brazen breastplate).
I. Lit.: pro lorica malacum capiam pallium, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 37: lata insignisque lorica, Cic. Mur. 26, 52: ambulat cum lorica, id. Fl. 17, 41: graves loricis, Liv. 5, 38: trilix, Verg. A. 3, 467; 5, 259; Sil. 2, 401: bilix, Verg. A. 12, 376: truncis affixa tropaeis lorica, Juv. 10, 134: cum vix loricam multiplicem conixi umeris ferunt, Quint. 8, 4, 25.—Also of linen: lintea, Suet. Galb. 19.—
B. Transf., a defence of any kind.
1. Milit., a breastwork, parapet: turres contabulantur, pinnae loricaeque ex cratibus attexuntur, Caes. B. G. 5, 39: huic vallo loricam pinnasque adjecit, id. ib. 7, 72: loricam vallumque struxere, Tac. H. 4, 37; Curt. 9, 4, 30; Veg. Mil. 4, 28. —
2. A fence, hedge, enclosure, App. M. 6, p. 186; Amm. 24, 5, 2.—
3. A plastering, plaster: lorica testacea, Vitr. 2, 8; 2, 9: stellionis cubile est in loricis ostiorum, fenestrarumque, Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 89.— *
II. Trop.: libros Mutare loricis, i. e. to exchange studies for arms, Hor. C. 1, 29, 15.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Catalanlloriga
  • Englishlorica
  • Italianlorica
  • Portugueseloriga
  • Romanianlorică
  • Spanishloriga
  • TranslingualLoricifera
  • Asturianlloriga
  • Galicianloriga
  • Old Galician-Portugueseloriga

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesLoricaLorica (θώραξ), a cuirass. The epithet λινοθώρηξ applied to two light-armed warriors in the Iliad (2.529, 830), although it occurs in the comparativel…

Quick answers

What does lōrīca mean in Latin?
lōrīca, a noun, means “A coat of mail; A breastplate”.
What is the genitive of lōrīca?
The genitive singular is lōrīcae. lōrīca is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce lōrīca?
In classical Latin, [ɫoːˈriː.ka]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [loˈriː.ka].