Ocrea

See also: ocrea, ócrea, and ocréa

Latin

Etymology

From ocrea (“a kind of greave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kre.a/, [ˈɔkreä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kre.a/, [ˈɔːkreä]

Proper noun

Ocrea m sg (genitive Ocreae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Luscius Ocrea, a Roman consul

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ocrea
Genitive	Ocreae
Dative	Ocreae
Accusative	Ocream
Ablative	Ocreā
Vocative	Ocrea

References

• “Ocrea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ocrea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.