Latin

Verb

lōrīcō ‎(present infinitive lōrīcāre, perfect active lōrīcāvī, supine lōrīcātum); first conjugation

1. I armour (someone) with a lōrīca
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   • AD 77–79, C. Plinius Secundus (aut.), K.F.T. Mayhoff (ed.), Naturalis Historia (1906), bk VIII, ch. xxxix:

     mergit se limo saepius siccatque sole, mox ubi pluribus eodem modo se coriis loricavit, in dimicationem pergit.

   1. (post-classical, by extension) I clothe (someone) in a cuirass, breastplate, corslet, coat of mail, hauberk, or other such armour protecting at least the torso
2. (transferred sense) I cover (something) with a coating, I plaster
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Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: loricate

References

• lōrīco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• LORICARE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lōrīco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 922/1.
• “lōrīcō” on page 1,044/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)