loricatus

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /loː.riːˈkaː.tus/, [ɫoː.riːˈkaː.tʊs]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of lōrīcō.

Adjective

lōrīcātus (feminine lōrīcāta, neuter lōrīcātum); first/second declension

  1. wearing a lōrīca, harnessed, clad in mail
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Quintilian to this entry?)
  2. (Medieval Latin) wearing a coat of mail
    item alium holosericum luricatum
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    vela loricata melinoporphyra uncinata duo
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative lōrīcātus lōrīcāta lōrīcātum lōrīcātī lōrīcātae lōrīcāta
genitive lōrīcātī lōrīcātae lōrīcātī lōrīcātōrum lōrīcātārum lōrīcātōrum
dative lōrīcātō lōrīcātō lōrīcātīs
accusative lōrīcātum lōrīcātam lōrīcātum lōrīcātōs lōrīcātās lōrīcāta
ablative lōrīcātō lōrīcātā lōrīcātō lōrīcātīs
vocative lōrīcāte lōrīcāta lōrīcātum lōrīcātī lōrīcātae lōrīcāta
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References

Etymology 2

Substantivisations of the masculine forms of the adjective lōrīcātus in elliptical use for monachus lōrīcātus (“mail-clad monk”), eques lōrīcātus (“mail-clad knight”), etc.

Noun

lōrīcātus m (genitive lōrīcātī); second declension

(Medieval Latin)
  1. (Christianity) a monk penitent who practises mortification of the flesh by wearing a chainmail shirt next to the skin (i.e., without padding)
  2. a warrior clad in mail, an armoured knight
Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lōrīcātus lōrīcātī
genitive lōrīcātī lōrīcātōrum
dative lōrīcātō lōrīcātīs
accusative lōrīcātum lōrīcātōs
ablative lōrīcātō lōrīcātīs
vocative lōrīcāte lōrīcātī
Synonyms

References

  • loricatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Loricati in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “loricatus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 621

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