lōrīcātus¹

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

Origins

Perfect passive participle of lōrīcō.

In English words that came into English from lōrīcātus

• loricatelōrīcātus

Related words

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

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.