lorico

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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

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.—

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

II Transf., to cover with plastering, to plaster , Varr. R. R. 1, 57.

IV —Hence, lōrĭcātus , a, um, P. a., harnessed, clad in mail : cum loricatus in foro ambularet, Quint. 8, 5, 15.