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ōra (noun F) : kindred with Sanscr. avāra, ripa citerior fluminis
* The extremity of a thing; the border, brim, edge, margin, end, boundary.
* Lit.
* In gen. (class.; syn.: limbus, fimbria, instita, margo): omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, at the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.): oras pocula circum,Lucr. 4, 12: (clipei),Verg. A. 10, 243: vestimentorum,Fest. p. 182 Müll.; Vulg. Exod. 26, 10; id. Hag. 2, 13: gemmae,Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180: vulneris,Cels. 5, 26, 23: aether, extrema ora et determinatio mundi,Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101. cf.: regio nes, quarum nulla esset ora, nulla extremitas,id. Fin. 2, 31, 102.
* Trop. (very rare, and only poet.): quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? qs. to unroll the edges of the picture of this war, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.): imitated by Virgil: aspirate canenti ... Et mecum ingentis oras evolvite belli,Verg. A. 9, 528; cf. Serv. ad loc.: in luminis oras eruere,to bring to light,Lucr. 5, 1455.
* Transf.
* A region, clime, country: quacumque in orā ac parte terrarum,Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164: gelida, Hor C. 1, 26, 4: conexa arbustorum ratio est, quas in oras debeant spectare,Plin. 17, 2, 2, 19 (al. horas): Trojae qui primus ab oris Italiam ... venit,Verg. A. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 97; 10, 706.
* Poet.: luminis orae, the world, the earth, life, light: tu produxisti nos intra luminis oras, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 118 Vahl.); cf.: sum (i. e. eum) quae dederit in luminis oras, id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. sum, p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 165 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 22: inde enascitur atque oras in luminis exit,id. 1, 170; 1, 179; cf. id. 5, 224; 781: quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras,Verg. A. 7, 660: sponte suā quae se tollunt in luminis oras,id. G. 2, 47: Acherontis orae, the lower regions: animas Acheruntis in oras Ducere,Lucr. 6, 763.
* A zone: globum terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilem,Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68.
* A rope or cable by which a ship or boat is fastened to the shore; opp. ancoralia, the anchor-cables: cum alii resolutis oris in ancoras evecti tenentur, alii, ne quid teneat, ancoralia incidunt,Liv. 22, 19, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.: ne hostes cum suis simul inrumperent, trahunt scalas orasque et ancoras praecidunt,id. 28, 36, 11; cf.: sublatae sunt ancorae, solvimus oram, profecti sumus,Quint. 4, 2, 41; Ep. ad Tryph. 3.
* The extremity of a thing; the border, brim, edge, margin, end, boundary.
* Lit.
* In gen. (class.; syn.: limbus, fimbria, instita, margo): omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, at the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.): oras pocula circum,Lucr. 4, 12: (clipei),Verg. A. 10, 243: vestimentorum,Fest. p. 182 Müll.; Vulg. Exod. 26, 10; id. Hag. 2, 13: gemmae,Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180: vulneris,Cels. 5, 26, 23: aether, extrema ora et determinatio mundi,Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101. cf.: regio nes, quarum nulla esset ora, nulla extremitas,id. Fin. 2, 31, 102.
* Trop. (very rare, and only poet.): quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli? qs. to unroll the edges of the picture of this war, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 Vahl.): imitated by Virgil: aspirate canenti ... Et mecum ingentis oras evolvite belli,Verg. A. 9, 528; cf. Serv. ad loc.: in luminis oras eruere,to bring to light,Lucr. 5, 1455.
* Transf.
* A region, clime, country: quacumque in orā ac parte terrarum,Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164: gelida, Hor C. 1, 26, 4: conexa arbustorum ratio est, quas in oras debeant spectare,Plin. 17, 2, 2, 19 (al. horas): Trojae qui primus ab oris Italiam ... venit,Verg. A. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 97; 10, 706.
* Poet.: luminis orae, the world, the earth, life, light: tu produxisti nos intra luminis oras, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 118 Vahl.); cf.: sum (i. e. eum) quae dederit in luminis oras, id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. sum, p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 165 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 22: inde enascitur atque oras in luminis exit,id. 1, 170; 1, 179; cf. id. 5, 224; 781: quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras,Verg. A. 7, 660: sponte suā quae se tollunt in luminis oras,id. G. 2, 47: Acherontis orae, the lower regions: animas Acheruntis in oras Ducere,Lucr. 6, 763.
* A zone: globum terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilem,Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68.
* A rope or cable by which a ship or boat is fastened to the shore; opp. ancoralia, the anchor-cables: cum alii resolutis oris in ancoras evecti tenentur, alii, ne quid teneat, ancoralia incidunt,Liv. 22, 19, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.: ne hostes cum suis simul inrumperent, trahunt scalas orasque et ancoras praecidunt,id. 28, 36, 11; cf.: sublatae sunt ancorae, solvimus oram, profecti sumus,Quint. 4, 2, 41; Ep. ad Tryph. 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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