Lorica
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Lorica is a Latin
word literally meaning body armour and may refer to:
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
word literally meaning body armour and may refer to:
- A number of types of Roman armour:
- Lorica hamataLorica hamataThe lorica hamata is a type of mail armour used by the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. During the 1st century it was starting to be supplemented by lorica segmentata, but had been reintroduced as sole standard-issue armor by the 4th century. It was issued for both primary Legionary and...
, a hauberk of mail - Lorica manica, armguard
- Lorica musculata, a folk term for a muscle cuirassMuscle cuirassIn classical antiquity, the muscle cuirass or heroic cuirass is a type of body armor cast to fit the wearer's torso and designed to mimic an idealized human physique. It first appears in late Archaic Greece and became widespread throughout the 5th– 4th centuries BC...
- Lorica plumataLorica plumataWhile several types of loricae existed in the Roman legion, the lorica plumata was reserved for the use of military leaders due to the high cost of production, and maintenance...
, a shirt of ribbed scales resembling feathers - Lorica squamataLorica squamataThe Lorica squamata is a type of scale armour used by the ancient Roman military during the Roman Republic and at later periods. It was made from small metal scales sewn to a fabric backing. It is typically seen on depictions of standard bearers, musicians, centurions, cavalry troops, and even...
, a shirt of metal scales - Lorica segmentataLorica segmentataThe lōrīca segmentāta was a type of segmented armour almost exclusively used in the Roman Empire, but the Latin name was first used in the 16th century...
, a cuirassCuirassA cuirass is a piece of armour, formed of a single or multiple pieces of metal or other rigid material, which covers the front of the torso...
of metal plates
- Lorica hamata
- A religious incantationLorica (incantation)In the Christian monastic tradition, a lorica is a prayer recited for protection. The Latin word lorica originally meant "armor" or "breastplate." Both meanings come together in the practice of placing verbal inscriptions on the shields or armorial trappings of knights, who might recite them before...
- LorigaLorigaLoriga is a civil parish in south-central part of the municipality of Seia, in central Portugal. Part of the district of Guarda, it is 20 km away from the city of Seia, 40 km away from Viseu, 80 km away from Guarda and 320 km from Lisbon, nestled in the Serra da Estrela...
, Serra da Estrela in central PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, originally named Lorica by the Romans - A basket-shaped "house" formed by choanoflagellates
- A protective covering surrounding flagellated cells of some algae groups
- Alorica, a telecommunications company of call centers, sometimes verbally abbreviated to 'Lorica
- Santa Cruz de LoricaSanta Cruz de LoricaSanta Cruz de Lorica is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia.-References:...
, a small Colombian town in the province of Córdoba - A type of artificial leatherLeatherLeather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...
promoted by Sidi, an Italian bicycle shoe and motorcycle boot maker. - LoricaLorica (genus)Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.- Extinct representatives :Extinct representatives of the genus are known from the Cretaceous of America and the Eocene & Miocene of Oceania....
, a genus of chitonChitonChitons are small to large, primitive marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora.There are 900 to 1,000 extant species of chitons in the class, which was formerly known as Amphineura.... - Litoria lorica, a species of frog
- Lorica (biology)Lorica (biology)In biology, a lorica is a shell-like protective outer covering, often reinforced with sand grains and other particles that some protozoans and loricifera metazoans secrete. Usually it is tubular or conical in shape, with a loose case that is closed at one end. An example is the protozoan genus...
, a structure secreted by some of the protozoans