1. ō^crĕa — Lewis & Short
ō^crĕa, ae, f.o)/kris, a prominence,
I 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.