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lūra (lōra ), ae, f. from same root as lorum, q. v., prop.
I.a thong; hence, the mouth of a skin or leathern bag, which was closed by a thong: lura os cullei vel etiam utris: unde lurcones capacis gulae homines et bonorum suorum consumptores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 120.—
II. Transf., a skin, leathern sack, Aus. Perioch. Odyss. 10 (In Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 48, Fischer conjectures furi, v. h. l.).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.21
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