Definition of Ocrea. Meaning of Ocrea. Synonyms of Ocrea

- An ochrea (Latin ocrea, greave or protective legging), also spelled ocrea, is a plant structure formed of sti****s fused into a sheath surrounding the...
- Ocrea was Roman senator of the first century. He was suffect consul in either the years 77 or 78. Ocrea is primarily known from inscriptions. Ocrea was...
- helmet. Ocrea: Shin guard/protector made of bronze, iron or other metals. Fasciae: Thick soft padding on legs which are used to wear ocreas in order...
- armour (ocreae) on both shins. This armour would be larger than the single ocrea worn on the right shin by a scutarius who carried a larger shield. Scutarii...
- Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of classical Antiquities (1898), Ocrea Fortenberry, Diane (Oct 1991). "Single Greaves in the Late ****adic Period"...
- Synonyms Ser**** colubrina Röding, 1798 Ser**** fuscata Sowerby, 1825 Ser**** ocrea Gmelin, 1791 Serpulorbis colubrinus (Röding, 1798) Vermetus ater Rousseau...
- comes from. Due to having a large shield, scutarii would wear shin armour (ocrea) on their shield leg. This piece of armour would be smaller than the two...
- reported that William the Conqueror had derisively called Robert brevis-ocrea ("short boot"). Robert's reign as Duke is noted for the discord with his...
- Samnium: a short sword (gladius), a rectangular shield (scutum), a greave (ocrea), and a helmet. Warriors armed in such a way were the earliest gladiators...
- stems are covered by a sheath formed by two fused sti****s known as an ocrea, a thin, paper-like membrane – a characteristic of the family Polygonaceae...