Ocrea

See also: ocrea, ócrea, and ocréa

Latin

Etymology

From ocrea (“a kind of greave”).

Pronunciation

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

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kre.a/, [ˈɔːkreä]

Proper noun

Ocrea m sg (genitive Ocreae); first declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Lucius Luscius Ocrea, a Roman consul

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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

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