noun

lūra

gen. lūrae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

(), , from same root as lorum, q. v., prop.

a thong;; the mouth of a skin; leathern bag

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.—

a skin, leathern sack by extension

Transf., a skin, leathern sack, Aus. Perioch. Odyss. 10 (In Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 48, Fischer conjectures furi, v. h. l.).

Perseus ID: n27235 Key: lura