A slender vinebranch

lōrum, i ( lōrus, i, m., Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480), n. [for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. eulêra, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo], a thong.

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.—

In gen., leather:

signum de paupere loro,

Juv. 5, 165.—

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.—

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.—

The girdle of Venus:

dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro,

Mart. 6, 21, 9.—

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

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

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

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

lōrum, i ( lōrus, i, m., Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480), n. [for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. eulêra, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo], a thong.

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.—

In gen., leather:

signum de paupere loro,

Juv. 5, 165.—

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.—

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.—

The girdle of Venus:

dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro,

Mart. 6, 21, 9.—

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

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

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

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