lōrum | lōrus, i | lōra (noun M.n) : (, , 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
* A thong.
* 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.
* In gen., leather: signum de paupere loro,Juv. 5, 165.
* Transf., plur.: , 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.
* 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.
* A slender vinebranch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.
* Lorum vomitorium, a thong thrust into the throat to produce vomiting, Scrib. Comp. 180.
* = membrum virile, Petr. 13; Mart. 7, 58, 3; 10, 55, 5.

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