ocrea

See also: Ocrea and ocréa

English

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Etymology

From Latin ocrea (“greave, legging”)

Noun

ocrea (plural ocreas or ocreae)

  1. (botany) A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.

Usage notes

  • A leaf sheath typically does not fully encase the stem, and may also form around an axillary organ such as a bud.

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Latin

Etymology

Cognate with mediocris, Ancient Greek ὄκρις (ókris, “prominence”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.kre.a/, [ˈɔ.kre.a]

Noun

ocrea f (genitive ocreae); first declension

  1. A greave or legging worn to protect the shin, especially by soldiers.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ocrea ocreae
genitive ocreae ocreārum
dative ocreae ocreīs
accusative ocream ocreās
ablative ocreā ocreīs
vocative ocrea ocreae

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References

  • ocrea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ocrea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ocrea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ocrea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • ocrea in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ocrea in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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