leather (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. cŏrium (of hides, whether tanned or not)2. ălūta (tanned)3. pellis, is, m. (untanned) • leather (subs.): 1. cŏrium (of hides, whether tanned or not): things made out of l. or skin, quae ex corio ac pellibus facta sunt, Varr. L. L. 7, 5, 84. (Oftener = hide.) 2. ălūta (tanned): l. slightly tanned, a. tenuiter confectae, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: oft. of things made of l., e. g. a l. apron, Mart. 7. 35, 1: a shoe, Ov. A. A. 3, 271. 3. pellis, is, m. (untanned): v. skin.
leather (adj.) Copy link • leather (adj.): scorteus: Varr. L. L. 7, 5, 84 a l. cushion, s. pulvinus, Cels. 8, 12, Ov. Sometimes aluta may serve v. preced. art. (2).
LEATHER Copy link • LEATHERcorium (thick leather): aluta (soft, thin leather). To dress leather, coria perficere (Plin.): of or relating to leather, coriarius (Plin.): as hard as leather, *duritie corio similis.