loricula

Latin

Etymology

From lōrīca (“mail, breastplate”) as a diminutive form.

Noun

lōrīcula f (genitive lōrīculae); first declension

1. a small breastplate

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lōrīcula	lōrīculae
Genitive	lōrīculae	lōrīculārum
Dative	lōrīculae	lōrīculīs
Accusative	lōrīculam	lōrīculās
Ablative	lōrīculā	lōrīculīs
Vocative	lōrīcula	lōrīculae

Related terms

• lōrīca

References

• “loricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• loricula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.