noun · neutersecond declension
lōrum
lōrum n (genitive lōrī)
Meaning
- thong (leather strap)
Near-synonyms: ligula /lingula, āmentum, habēna
- poetica thong of a sling
Coordinate term: nervus
- in pluralreins of a bridle
Coordinate term: frēnum
- whip, lash, scourge
- the girdle of Venus
- a slender vine-branch
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vinculum longum quō equī regunturlōrum -ī (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lōrum | lōra |
| genitive | lōrī | lōrōrum |
| dative | lōrō | lōrīs |
| accusative | lōrum | lōra |
| ablative | lōrō | lōrīs |
| vocative | lōrum | lōra |
lōrum, i (lōrus, i, m., Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480), n. for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. εὔληρα, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo,
I. a thong.
I. Lit.:
vincire vis? en ostendo manus: tu habes lora, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 18: vis subigit verum fateri; ita lora laedunt brachia, id. Truc. 4, 3, 9; Liv. 9, 10: celsa lorum cervice ferentem, a leash, Grat. Cyn. 213; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147: sella loris intenta, Quint. 6, 3, 25: arcano sacra ferens nutantia loro, Juv. 2, 125.—B. In gen., leather:
signum de paupere loro, Juv. 5, 165.—II. Transf., plur.: lōra, the reins of a bridle:
loris ducere equos, Liv. 35, 34: lora dare, to give the reins to the horses, slacken the reins, Verg. G. 3, 107: lora tende, draw the reins tight, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72: fortius uti loris, id. M. 2, 127: lora remisit, id. ib. 2, 200: Automedon lora tenebat, Juv. 1, 61.— B. A whip, lash, scourge:
quin loris caedite, si lubet, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 42; id. Ps. 1, 2, 12: loris uri, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 47: loris caedere aliquem, Cic. Phil. 8, 8; Quint. 5, 10, 88: loris rumpere aliquem, Dig. 47, 10, 15; Juv. 6, 414.—C. The girdle of Venus:
dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro, Mart. 6, 21, 9.—D. The leathern bulla, worn by children of the poorer class, Juv. 5, 165; v. bulla.—
F. A slender vinebranch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—
G. Lorum vomitorium, a thong thrust into the throat to produce vomiting, Scrib. Comp. 180.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lōrum ī, n
3 VOL-, a thong, strap, strip of leather : quin tu adducis lorum? L.: Qui lora restrictis lacertis Sensit, H.: signum de paupere loro, leather , Iu.—Plur, the reins, a bridle : loris ducere equos, L.: lora dare, slacken , V.: lora remisit, O.: lora tenere, Iu.— A whip, lash, scourge : ad necem operiere loris, T.: loris uri, H.: eum servi loris ceciderunt.— A leathern bulla , Iu.
Origins
Likely cognate with Ancient Greek εὔληρα (eúlēra, “reins”), Old Armenian լար (lar, “rope, cord”). The strange suffixation of the Greek comparandum suggests a borrowing from some extinct substrate language, though the ē-ō ablaut in the Greek and Latin forms, respectively, suggest said substrate to be Indo-European. Alternatively, possibly from an earlier *vlōrum, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”), the same root as of volvō (“to roll”).
Descendants
- Italianloro
- Portugueseloro
- Ancient Greekλῶρος
- Galicianloro