lorico

Latin

Etymology

From lōrīca +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /loːˈriː.koː/, [ɫ̪oːˈriːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈri.ko/, [loˈriːko]

Verb

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

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

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Conjugation

Conjugation of lōrīcō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lōrīcō	lōrīcās	lōrīcat	lōrīcāmus	lōrīcātis	lōrīcant
	imperfect	lōrīcābam	lōrīcābās	lōrīcābat	lōrīcābāmus	lōrīcābātis	lōrīcābant
	future	lōrīcābō	lōrīcābis	lōrīcābit	lōrīcābimus	lōrīcābitis	lōrīcābunt
	perfect	lōrīcāvī	lōrīcāvistī	lōrīcāvit	lōrīcāvimus	lōrīcāvistis	lōrīcāvērunt, lōrīcāvēre
	pluperfect	lōrīcāveram	lōrīcāverās	lōrīcāverat	lōrīcāverāmus	lōrīcāverātis	lōrīcāverant
	future perfect	lōrīcāverō	lōrīcāveris	lōrīcāverit	lōrīcāverimus	lōrīcāveritis	lōrīcāverint
passive	present	lōrīcor	lōrīcāris, lōrīcāre	lōrīcātur	lōrīcāmur	lōrīcāminī	lōrīcantur
	imperfect	lōrīcābar	lōrīcābāris, lōrīcābāre	lōrīcābātur	lōrīcābāmur	lōrīcābāminī	lōrīcābantur
	future	lōrīcābor	lōrīcāberis, lōrīcābere	lōrīcābitur	lōrīcābimur	lōrīcābiminī	lōrīcābuntur
	perfect	lōrīcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lōrīcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lōrīcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lōrīcem	lōrīcēs	lōrīcet	lōrīcēmus	lōrīcētis	lōrīcent
	imperfect	lōrīcārem	lōrīcārēs	lōrīcāret	lōrīcārēmus	lōrīcārētis	lōrīcārent
	perfect	lōrīcāverim	lōrīcāverīs	lōrīcāverit	lōrīcāverīmus	lōrīcāverītis	lōrīcāverint
	pluperfect	lōrīcāvissem	lōrīcāvissēs	lōrīcāvisset	lōrīcāvissēmus	lōrīcāvissētis	lōrīcāvissent
passive	present	lōrīcer	lōrīcēris, lōrīcēre	lōrīcētur	lōrīcēmur	lōrīcēminī	lōrīcentur
	imperfect	lōrīcārer	lōrīcārēris, lōrīcārēre	lōrīcārētur	lōrīcārēmur	lōrīcārēminī	lōrīcārentur
	perfect	lōrīcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lōrīcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lōrīcā	—	—	lōrīcāte	—
	future	—	lōrīcātō	lōrīcātō	—	lōrīcātōte	lōrīcantō
passive	present	—	lōrīcāre	—	—	lōrīcāminī	—
	future	—	lōrīcātor	lōrīcātor	—	—	lōrīcantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lōrīcāre	lōrīcāvisse	lōrīcātūrum esse	lōrīcārī	lōrīcātum esse	lōrīcātum īrī
participles		lōrīcāns	—	lōrīcātūrus	—	lōrīcātus	lōrīcandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lōrīcandī	lōrīcandō	lōrīcandum	lōrīcandō	lōrīcātum	lōrīcātū

Derived terms

• dīlōrīcō
• lōrīcātiō
• lōrīcātor
• lōrīcātus

 

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lōrīco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 922/1.
• “lōrīcō” on page 1,044/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)