ōcrĕa (noun F) : ὄκρις, a prominence
* X greave or leggin (made of mixed metal, and used to protect the legs of foot-soldiers, and also of hunters and country people; it was sometimes worn only on one leg): ocrea, quod opponebatur ob crus,Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.: ocrem montem confragosum dicebant antiqui. Hinc ocreae dictae inaequaliter tuberatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 180 Müll.: ocreas et cristas invenere Cares,Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200: leves,Verg. A. 7, 634. —The Samnites wore a greave only on the left leg: sinistrum crus ocreā tectum,Liv. 9, 4 (cf. Sil. 8, 419).—Worn by heavy-armed Romans on the right leg, Veg. Mil. 1, 20.— Worn by hunters; v. ocreatus.—By rustics,Verg. M. 121: ocreas vendente puellā,i. e. parting with the attire of a gladiator,Juv. 6, 258.

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