ocrea

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See also: Ocrea, ócrea, 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

Noun

ocrea f (genitive ocreae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ocrea ocreae
genitive ocreae ocreārum
dative ocreae ocreīs
accusative ocream ocreās
ablative ocreā ocreīs
vocative ocrea ocreae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: ocrea
  • → French: ocréa
  • → Italian: ocrea
  • → Spanish: ócrea
  • → Irish: ocraidhe

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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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