different between ocreae vs ocrea

English

Noun

ocreae

1. plural of ocrea

Latin

Noun

ocreae

1. nominative plural of ocrea
2. genitive singular of ocrea
3. dative singular of ocrea
4. vocative plural of ocrea

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