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lōrīca, ae, f. [lorum], a leather cuirass, a corselet of thongs (opp. thorax, a brazen breastplate).

  1. I. Lit.: pro lorica malacum capiam pallium, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 37: lata insignisque lorica, Cic. Mur. 26, 52: ambulat cum lorica, id. Fl. 17, 41: graves loricis, Liv. 5, 38: trilix, Verg. A. 3, 467; 5, 259; Sil. 2, 401: bilix, Verg. A. 12, 376: truncis affixa tropaeis lorica, Juv. 10, 134: cum vix loricam multiplicem conixi umeris ferunt, Quint. 8, 4, 25.
    Also of linen: lintea, Suet. Galb. 19.
    1. B. Transf., a defence of any kind.
      1. 1. Milit., a breastwork, parapet: turres contabulantur, pinnae loricaeque ex cratibus attexuntur, Caes. B. G. 5, 39: huic vallo loricam pinnasque adjecit, id. ib. 7, 72: loricam vallumque struxere, Tac. H. 4, 37; Curt. 9, 4, 30; Veg. Mil. 4, 28.
      2. 2. A fence, hedge, enclosure, App. M. 6, p. 186; Amm. 24, 5, 2.
      3. 3. A plastering, plaster: lorica testacea, Vitr. 2, 8; 2, 9: stellionis cubile est in loricis ostiorum, fenestrarumque, Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 89.
  2. * II. Trop.: libros Mutare loricis, i. e. to exchange studies for arms, Hor. C. 1, 29, 15.

lōrīco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lorica], to clothe in mail, to mail, to harness.

  1. I. 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.
    1. B. In partic.: AD LORICATA, perh. the title of the person intrusted with the care of the mailed statue of Cæsar in the Forum, Inscr. Orell. 2893 (for which: A LORICATA, ib. 2894).
  2. * II. 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.