different between ochrea vs ocrea

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

ochrea (plural ochreas or ochreae)

1. (botany) Alternative form of ocrea
2. (historical) A greave or legging.

Anagrams

• HORECA, HoReCa, Horace, Roache, archeo-, chorea, orache

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

Anagrams

• Acero, Arceo, Corea

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o.kre.a/, [??k?eä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.kre.a/, [???k???]

Noun

ocrea f (genitive ocreae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• ocre?tus

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)
• 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