noun · femininefirst declension

ōra

ōra f (genitive ōrae)

Classical[ˈoː.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔː.ra]

Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

border, rim, frontier, limit, edge
coast, coastline, seacoast, shoreline
Hūc paucī vestrīs adnāvimus ōrīs.“Only we few drifted here to your seacoasts.”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.538
region, country

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

extrēma pars terrae ad mare; lītus longum.

ōra -ae f — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs

margō terrae ad mare

coast

ōra -ae (f) — in De Bello Gallico II, ch. 10, 16

lītus, margō terrae

ōra -ae (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 1

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōrae
genitive	ōrae	ōrārum
dative	ōrae	ōrīs
accusative	ōram	ōrās
ablative	ōrā	ōrīs
vocative	ōra	ōrae

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

ōra, ae, f. kindred with Sanscr. avāra, ripa citerior fluminis,

I. the extremity of a thing; the border, brim, edge, margin, end, boundary.

I. Lit.

A. In gen. (class.; syn.: limbus, fimbria, instita, margo): omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, at the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.): oras pocula circum, Lucr. 4, 12: (clipei), Verg. A. 10, 243: vestimentorum, Fest. p. 182 Müll.; Vulg. Exod. 26, 10; id. Hag. 2, 13: gemmae, Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180: vulneris, Cels. 5, 26, 23: aether, extrema ora et determinatio mundi, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101. cf.: regio nes, quarum nulla esset ora, nulla extremitas, id. Fin. 2, 31, 102.—

B. In partic., the coast, sea-coast (syn.: litus, ripa): Graeciae, Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1: Asiae, Nep. Alc. 5, 6: maritima, Caes. B. G. 3, 8: Jordanis, Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 43; but transf.: ora maritima, the inhabitants of the coast, people of the maritime districts, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 67. So, jam Misenensem classem et pulcherrimam Campaniam oram descivisse, Tac. H. 3, 60.—

C. Transf.

1. A region, clime, country: quacumque in orā ac parte terrarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164: gelida, Hor C. 1, 26, 4: conexa arbustorum ratio est, quas in oras debeant spectare, Plin. 17, 2, 2, 19 (al. horas): Trojae qui primus ab oris Italiam ... venit, Verg. A. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 97; 10, 706.—

2. Poet.: luminis orae, the world, the earth, life, light: tu produxisti nos intra luminis oras, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 118 Vahl.); cf.: sum (i. e. eum) quae dederit in luminis oras, id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. sum, p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 165 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 22: inde enascitur atque oras in luminis exit, id. 1, 170; 1, 179; cf. id. 5, 224; 781: quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras, Verg. A. 7, 660: sponte suā quae se tollunt in luminis oras, id. G. 2, 47: Acherontis orae, the lower regions: animas Acheruntis in oras Ducere, Lucr. 6, 763.—

3. A zone: globum terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68.—

4. A rope or cable by which a ship or boat is fastened to the shore; opp. ancoralia, the anchor-cables: cum alii resolutis oris in ancoras evecti tenentur, alii, ne quid teneat, ancoralia incidunt, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.: ne hostes cum suis simul inrumperent, trahunt scalas orasque et ancoras praecidunt, id. 28, 36, 11; cf.: sublatae sunt ancorae, solvimus oram, profecti sumus, Quint. 4, 2, 41; Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—

II. Trop. (very rare, and only poet.): quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? qs. to unroll the edges of the picture of this war, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.): imitated by Virgil: aspirate canenti ... Et mecum ingentis oras evolvite belli, Verg. A. 9, 528; cf. Serv. ad loc.: in luminis oras eruere, to bring to light, Lucr. 5, 1455.

Ŏra (Hŏra), ae, f.,

I. the name of Hersilia, as a goddess, Ov. M. 14, 851.

Origins

Unknown. Possibly related to Hittite 𒅕𒄩𒀸 (er-ḫa-aš /⁠erḫaš⁠/, “line, boundary”), Latvian āra, perhaps all from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₂- (“border, line”).

Descendants

Catalanvora
Frenchorle
Englishorlefrom French orle
Italianorlo
Portugueseorla
Spanishorilla
Asturianoriella
Asturianoliancu
Galicianorela
Venetanóro