ora

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

ōra (1) ae, f

1 AS-, an extremity, border, brim, edge, rim, margin, end, boundary, limit : omnes spectant ad carceris oras, at the barriers , Enn. ap. C.: (clipei), V.: summa (vestis), O.: regiones, quarum nulla esset ora: subiecti Orientis orae Serae, the extreme East , H.— The coast, sea-coast : Asiae, N.: maritima, Cs.: ora maritima Pompeium requisivit, the people of the coast.—A region, clime, country : terrarum latior: gelida, H.: Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam venit, V.: quae se tollunt in luminis oras, the world of life , V.: o Calliope . . . mecum oras evolvite belli, the scenes of the war , V.— A zone : globus terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilis.

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