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loricare

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Searchable Lemmata: loricare (L), loricatus (L).
Alternate Forms: loricati, loricatis, loricatorum, loricatos, loricatum, loricavit.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(vb.) Armour; to protect with a cuirass or hauberk; as a ppl.: wearing a breastplate.(ante 1000)
1. nasus nosu, nasatus se ðe hæfð mycele nosu; dens toð, dentatus se ðe hæfð mycele teð; barba beard, barbatus gebyrd; galea helm, galeatus gehelmod; lorica byrne, loricatus gebyrnod; scutum scyld, scutatus gescyldod. Gloss. [DOE ÆGram (1757 (256.12))]
2. Agulanorum ... tria milia ..., qui ferro undique loricati erant Historic. (cf. Baldricus PL CLXVI 1107D) [DMLBS ORD. VIT. (IX 10 p. 544) circa 1140]
3. comes Licestrie cum uxore eciam loricata ... in Angliam transmittitur ad succursum regis Willelmi Historic. [DMLBS Plusc. (VI 25) circa 1173]
L; Primarily N/A.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: Military    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Back, Chest.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical L; cf. lorica.
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