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6-letter words (2 found)

CAROLI,LORICA,

5-letter words (5 found)

CAROL,CLARO,CORAL,CORIA,LORIC,

4-letter words (26 found)

ACRO,ALCO,ARCO,ARIL,CALO,CARL,CIAO,CIRL,COAL,COIL,COIR,COLA,CRIA,LAIC,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,LOCA,LOCI,LOIR,ORAL,ORCA,RAIL,RIAL,ROIL,

3-letter words (18 found)

AIL,AIR,ARC,CAL,CAR,COL,COR,LAC,LAR,LOR,OAR,OCA,OIL,ORA,ORC,RAI,RIA,ROC,

2-letter words (9 found)

AI,AL,AR,IO,LA,LI,LO,OI,OR,

You can make 60 words from lorica according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lorica

lorica

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lōrīca, literally "a corselet of thongs", probably from lorum (“thong”).

Noun

lorica (plural loricas or loricae)

  1. (historical) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
  3. (zoology) The protective case or shell of a Loricifera, infusorian or rotifer

Derived terms

  • loricate

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lōrīca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loˈri.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: lo‧rì‧ca

Noun

lorica f (plural loriche)

  1. lorica

Further reading

  • lorica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology 1

Dubious, but traditionally taken to derive from lōrum (“a leather strap or thong”).

Alternative forms

  • lūrīca (Medieval Latin)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /loːˈriː.ka/, [ɫ̪oːˈriːkä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /loˈri.ka/, [loˈriːkä]

Noun

lōrīca f (genitive lōrīcae); first declension

  1. A coat of mail
  2. A breastplate
Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms
  • (coat of mail): cataphractēs
  • (breastplate): thōrax
Derived terms
  • lōrīca hāmāta
  • lōrīca segmentāta
  • lōrīca squāmāta
Descendants
  • →⇒ Translingual: Loricifera (taxon)
  • Catalan: lloriga
  • → English: lorica (learned)
  • Galician: loriga
  • Italian: lorica
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: loriga
  • Portuguese: loriga
  • Romanian: lorică
  • Spanish: loriga
  • Welsh: llurig

Etymology 2

Form of the verb lōrīcō (“plaster, armour”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /loːˈriː.kaː/, [ɫ̪oːˈriːkäː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /loˈri.ka/, [loˈriːkä]

Verb

lōrīcā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of lōrīcō

References

  • “lorica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lorica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lorica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lorica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “lorica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lorica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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