LAT
lorico
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Lewis Short
(verb) : lōrīco, āvi, ātum, 1, lorica
* To clothe in mail, to mail, to harness.
* Lit.: statua loricata,Liv. 23, 19: equites loricati,id. 37, 40: ornatus loricatusque elephantus cum esset, ubi pluribus coriis se loricavit,Plin. 8, 24, 36, § 88: (salmonis) loricatum pectus,Aus. Mos. 101.
* In partic.: AD LORICATA, perh. the title of the person intrusted with the care of the mailed statue of Caesar in the Forum,Inscr. Orell. 2893 (for which: A LORICATA,ib. 2894).—*
* Transf., to cover with plastering, to plaster, Varr. R. R. 1, 57.—Hence, lōrĭcātus, a, um, P. a., harnessed, clad in mail: cum loricatus in foro ambularet,Quint. 8, 5, 15.
* To clothe in mail, to mail, to harness.
* Lit.: statua loricata,Liv. 23, 19: equites loricati,id. 37, 40: ornatus loricatusque elephantus cum esset, ubi pluribus coriis se loricavit,Plin. 8, 24, 36, § 88: (salmonis) loricatum pectus,Aus. Mos. 101.
* In partic.: AD LORICATA, perh. the title of the person intrusted with the care of the mailed statue of Caesar in the Forum,Inscr. Orell. 2893 (for which: A LORICATA,ib. 2894).—*
* Transf., to cover with plastering, to plaster, Varr. R. R. 1, 57.—Hence, lōrĭcātus, a, um, P. a., harnessed, clad in mail: cum loricatus in foro ambularet,Quint. 8, 5, 15.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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