Latin

Alternative forms

• lūrīcātus Medieval

Adjective

lōrīcātus m ‎(feminine lōrīcāta, neuter lōrīcātum); first/second declension

1. wearing a lōrīca, harnessed, clad in mail
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2. (Medieval Latin) wearing a coat of mail

   item alium holosericum luricatum‎

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   vela loricata melinoporphyra uncinata duo‎

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Declension

First/second declension.

Synonyms

• (clad in mail): cataphractus

Derived terms

• lōrīcāta
• lōrīcātus

Descendants

• English: loricate, loricated

References

• lōrĭcātus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• LORICATUS, LURICATUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lōrīcātus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 922/1.
• “lōrīcātus” on page 1,044/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “loricatus” on page 621 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)

Etymology 2

Substantivisations of the masculine forms of the adjective lōrīcātus in elliptical use for monachus lōrīcātus ‎(“mail-clad monk”), eques lōrīcātus ‎(“mail-clad knight”), etc.

Noun

lōrīcātus m ‎(genitive lōrīcātī); second declension

(Medieval Latin)

1. (Christianity) a monk penitent who practises mortification of the flesh by wearing a chainmail shirt next to the skin (i.e., without padding)
2. a warrior clad in mail, an armoured knight

Declension

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (warrior clad in mail): cataphractēs, cataphractus

References

• loricatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LORICATI in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• “loricatus” on page 621 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)

External links

• S. Dominicus Loricatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia