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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

lōrīcātus1

lōrīcātus (feminine lōrīcāta, neuter lōrīcātum)
Classical[ɫoː.riːˈkaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[lo.riˈkaː.tus]
lōrīcāta sg. nom. f.; pl. nom. n.; pl. acc. n.; sg. abl. f.; sg. voc. f.; pl. voc. n.

Meaning

  1. adjectivewearing a lōrīca, harnessed, clad in mail
    in collibus arentibus sine ullis inpedimentis victi exercitus reliquias trahens inopiam umoris loricatus tulit et, quotiens aquae fuerat occasio, novissimus bibithe marched over sun-baked hills, dragging the remains of a beaten army and with no train of supplies, undergoing lack of water and wearing a heavy suit of armour; always the last to drink of the few springs which they chanced to findc. 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 104
  2. Medieval Latinadjectivewearing a coat of mail
    item alium holosericum luricatum
    vela loricata melinoporphyra uncinata duo

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelōrīcātuslōrīcāta
lūrīcāta
lōrīcātum
lūrīcātum
genitivelōrīcātī
lūrīcātī
lōrīcātae
lūrīcātae
lōrīcātī
lūrīcātī
dativelōrīcātō
lūrīcātō
lōrīcātae
lūrīcātae
lōrīcātō
lūrīcātō
accusativelōrīcātum
lūrīcātum
lōrīcātam
lūrīcātam
lōrīcātum
lūrīcātum
ablativelōrīcātō
lūrīcātō
lōrīcātā
lūrīcātā
lōrīcātō
lūrīcātō
vocativelōrīcāte
lūrīcāte
lōrīcāta
lūrīcāta
lōrīcātum
lūrīcātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelōrīcātī
lūrīcātī
lōrīcātae
lūrīcātae
lōrīcāta
lūrīcāta
genitivelōrīcātōrum
lūrīcātōrum
lōrīcātārum
lūrīcātārum
lōrīcātōrum
lūrīcātōrum
dativelōrīcātīs
lūrīcātīs
lōrīcātīs
lūrīcātīs
lōrīcātīs
lūrīcātīs
accusativelōrīcātōs
lūrīcātōs
lōrīcātās
lūrīcātās
lōrīcāta
lūrīcāta
ablativelōrīcātīs
lūrīcātīs
lōrīcātīs
lūrīcātīs
lōrīcātīs
lūrīcātīs
vocativelōrīcātī
lūrīcātī
lōrīcātae
lūrīcātae
lōrīcāta
lūrīcāta

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

lōrīcātus adj.
lorica, clothed in mail, harnessed : statua, L.: equites, L.

Origins

Perfect passive participle of lōrīcō.

Descendants
  • Englishloricate
  • Englishloricated

In English words that came into English from lōrīcātus

  • loricatelōrīcātus
noun · masculinesecond declension
lōrīcātus2
lōrīcātus m (genitive lōrīcātī)
Classical[ɫoː.riːˈkaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[lo.riˈkaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latina monk penitent who practises mortification of the flesh by wearing a chainmail shirt next to the skin (i.e., without padding)
  2. Medieval Latina warrior clad in mail, an armoured knight

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelōrīcātuslōrīcātī
lūrīcātī
genitivelōrīcātī
lūrīcātī
lōrīcātōrum
lūrīcātōrum
dativelōrīcātō
lūrīcātō
lōrīcātīs
lūrīcātīs
accusativelōrīcātum
lūrīcātum
lōrīcātōs
lūrīcātōs
ablativelōrīcātō
lūrīcātō
lōrīcātīs
lūrīcātīs
vocativelōrīcāte
lūrīcāte
lōrīcātī
lūrīcātī

Origins

Substantivisations of the masculine forms of the adjective lōrīcātus in elliptical use for monachus lōrīcātus (“mail-clad monk”), eques lōrīcātus (“mail-clad knight”), etc.

Quick answers

What does lōrīcātus mean in Latin?
lōrīcātus, a adjective, means “wearing a lōrīca, harnessed, clad in mail; wearing a coat of mail”.
How do you pronounce lōrīcātus?
In classical Latin, [ɫoː.riːˈkaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [lo.riˈkaː.tus].