ocrea

See also: Ocrea, ócrea, and ocréa

English

Alternative forms

• ochrea

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.

Translations

botanical sheath

• Estonian: tõri
• French: ocréa (fr) f
• Polish: gatka f
• Spanish: ócrea (es) f

Anagrams

• Acero, Arceo, Corea

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

• ocreātus

Descendants

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

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