noun · femininefirst declension
ocrea1
ocrea f (genitive ocreae)
Classical[ˈɔ.kre.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔː.kre.a]
Meaning
- feminineA greave or legging worn to protect the shin, especially by soldiers.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ocrea | ocreae |
| genitive | ocreae | ocreārum |
| dative | ocreae | ocreīs |
| accusative | ocream | ocreās |
| ablative | ocreā | ocreīs |
| vocative | ocrea | ocreae |
ō^crĕa, ae, f. ὄκρις, a prominence,
I. x greave or leggin (made of mixed metal, and used to protect the legs of foot-soldiers, and also of hunters and country people;
it was sometimes worn only on one leg): ocrea, quod opponebatur ob crus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.: ocrem montem confragosum dicebant antiqui. Hinc ocreae dictae inaequaliter tuberatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 180 Müll.: ocreas et cristas invenere Cares, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200: leves, Verg. A. 7, 634. —The Samnites wore a greave only on the left leg: sinistrum crus ocreā tectum, Liv. 9, 4 (cf. Sil. 8, 419).—Worn by heavy-armed Romans on the right leg, Veg. Mil. 1, 20.— Worn by hunters; v. ocreatus.—By rustics, Verg. M. 121: ocreas vendente puellā, i. e. parting with the attire of a gladiator, Juv. 6, 258.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ocrea ae, f
a greave, leggin (of metal, to protect the legs): leves, V.: sinistrum crus ocreā tectum, L.: ocreas vendente puellā, i. e. the accoutrement of a gladiator, Iu.
Origins
Unknown. Possibly compare mediocris, Ancient Greek ὄκρις (ókris, “prominence”)
Descendants
- Englishocrea
- Frenchocréa
- Italianocrea
- Spanishócrea
- Irishocraidhe