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lorum

lorum · m

a thong

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Where it lives

De Bissula 1 · 27.25/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
De agri cultura 10 · 6.39/10k
Amores 5 · 3.2/10k
Epidicus 2 · 3.07/10k
Phaedra 2 · 2.81/10k
Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Ars Amatoria 2 · 1.34/10k
Carmina 3 · 1.34/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k

Densest 12 of 39 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. lōrum — Lewis & Short

lōrum, i (lōrus, i, m., n.for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. eu)/lhra, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo,

Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480),

I a thong.

I Lit.: vincire vis? en ostendo manus: tu habes lora, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 18: vis subigit verum fateri; ita lora laedunt brachia, id. Truc. 4, 3, 9; Liv. 9, 10: celsa lorum cervice ferentem, a leash, Grat. Cyn. 213; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147: sella loris intenta, Quint. 6, 3, 25: arcano sacra ferens nutantia loro, Juv. 2, 125.—

B In gen., leather: signum de paupere loro, Juv. 5, 165.—

II Transf., plur.: lōra, the reins of a bridle: loris ducere equos, Liv. 35, 34: lora dare, to give the reins to the horses, slacken the reins, Verg. G. 3, 107: lora tende, draw the reins tight, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72: fortius uti loris, id. M. 2, 127: lora remisit, id. ib. 2, 200: Automedon lora tenebat, Juv. 1, 61.—

B A whip, lash, scourge: quin loris caedite, si lubet, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 42; id. Ps. 1, 2, 12: loris uri, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 47: loris caedere aliquem, Cic. Phil. 8, 8; Quint. 5, 10, 88: loris rumpere aliquem, Dig. 47, 10, 15; Juv. 6, 414.—

C The girdle of Venus: dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro, Mart. 6, 21, 9.—

D The leathern bulla, worn by children of the poorer class, Juv. 5, 165; v. bulla.—

E = membrum virile, Petr. 13; Mart. 7, 58, 3; 10, 55, 5.—

F A slender vinebranch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—

G Lorum vomitorium, a thong thrust into the throat to produce vomiting, Scrib. Comp. 180.

2. lörum — Walde–Hofmann

lörum (-aw- Don. Ter. Ad. 181 durch falsche Vbdg. mit /aurus), -i n. (vulg. -ws m., Heraeus Kl. Schr. 134) „Riemen“; sek. (Fraenkel IF. 32, 113?) „Zügel; Peitsche“ (seit Plaut., rom., ebenso löreus „aus Riemen“ seit Plt. und Cato, lörämentum [neben *lörämen) „Riemenwerk“ seit Lex met. Vipasc.; lórürius seit Ter., lörätus Moret., löripes Plt. [nach iuavrörous. vgl. Plin. 5, 46]; aus lórwm entl. gr. Aoüpov, Aoupíov, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lörum, p. 854]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lorum (scan p. 391; entry #6188).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. lörum (scan p. 854; entry #1588). Root candidates: *uléro-, *ulöro-, *ularo-.

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