Ocrea
Latin
Etymology
From ocrea (“a kind of greave”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔ.kre.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.kre.a]
Proper noun
Ocrea m sg (genitive Ocreae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Lucius Luscius Ocrea, a Roman consul
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| 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.