English

Alternative forms

• ochrea

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

Anagrams

• Corea

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kre.a/, [ˈɔ.kre.a]

Noun

ocrea f ‎(genitive ocreae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• ocreātus

Descendants

• English: ocrea

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ocrea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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