Lewis & Short

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lūra (lōra), ae, f. [from same root as lorum, q. v.], prop.

  1. I. a thong; hence, the mouth of a skin or leathern bag, which was closed by a thong: lura os cullei vel etiam utris: unde lurcones capacis gulae homines et bonorum suorum consumptores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 120.
  2. II. Transf., a skin, leathern sack, Aus. Perioch. Odyss. 10 (In Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 48, Fischer conjectures furi, v. h. l.).