Lorica (), a Latin word literally meaning "

body armour Body armour, personal armour (also spelled ''armor''), armoured suit (''armored'') or coat of armour, among others, is armour for human body, a person's body: protective clothing or close-fitting hands-free shields designed to absorb or deflect ...

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Ancient Roman military clothing

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Lorica hamata The ''lorica hamata'' (in Latin with normal elision: ) is a type of mail armor used by soldiers for over 600 years (3rd century BC to 4th century AD) from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. ''Lorica hamata'' comes from the Latin ''hamatus'' ( ...

'', a hauberk of mail * ''

Lorica manica A ''manica'' (; ; ) was a type of iron or copper-alloy laminated arm guard with curved, overlapping metal segments or plates fastened to leather straps worn by ancient and late antique heavy cavalry, infantry, and gladiators. It is most widely ...

'', a type of iron or bronze arm guard * ''Lorica musculata'', the Latin name for a

muscle cuirass In classical antiquity, the muscle cuirass (), anatomical cuirass, or heroic cuirass is a type of cuirass made to fit the wearer's torso and designed to mimic an idealized male human physique. It first appears in late Archaic Greece and became wi ...

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Lorica plumata The ''lorica plumata'' (; ), also called the , was a set of Roman body armor. Unlike the more common ''lorica squamata'', the scales of this cuirass bore a ridge down the middle, like a feather shaft, from which the name derives. The ''lorica ...

'', a shirt of ribbed scales resembling feathers * ''

Lorica segmentata The ''lorica segmentata'' (), also called ''lorica lamminata'', or ''banded armour'' is a type of personal armour that was used by soldiers of the Roman army, consisting of metal strips fashioned into circular bands, fastened to internal leath ...

'', a cuirass of metal plates * ''

Lorica squamata The ''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. No examples of an entire ''lorica squamata'' ...

'', a shirt of metal scales

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 loriciferan animals secrete. Usually it is tubular or conical in shape, with a loose case that is clos ...

, a protective outer covering secreted by loriciferans and some protozoans * ''Lorica'' (chiton), a genus of chiton * ''

Ranoidea lorica The armoured frog (''Ranoidea lorica''), or armoured mist frog, is a species of tree frog in the torrent frog complex, a group restricted to north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Taxonomy The armoured mist frog is one of the four species of Aus ...

'', a species of frog

Locations

Loriga Loriga () is a civil parish () and town in south-central part of the municipality of Seia Municipality, Seia, in central Portugal. Part of the district of Guarda (district), Guarda, it is 20 km away from the city of Seia, 40 km away fr ...

, a ''freguesia'' and town in Seia, Portugal, originally named ''Lorica'' by the ancient Romans *

Santa Cruz de Lorica Santa Cruz de Lorica is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular ...

, a municipality and town in the Córdoba Department, Colombia

Other uses

* Lorica (material), a type of artificial leather * ''Lorica'' (prayer), a protective prayer in the Irish Christian monasticism *

Leiden Riddle The "Leiden Riddle" is an Old English riddle (which also survives in a similar form in the Exeter Book known as Exeter Book Riddle 33 or 35). It is noteworthy for being one of the earliest attested pieces of English poetry; one of only a small num ...

, a riddle by Aldhelm {{Disambiguation