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ocris

ocris

rugged mountain

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What it meant

1. ocris — de Vaan

ocris 'rugged mountain' [m. i] ( Andr.+) Derivatives: mediocris 'of medium size, moderate' (P1.+), mediocriter 'moderately; on a large scale' (P1.+). Pit. *okri- [m.] 'hilltop7. It cognates: U. ukar, ocar [nom.sg.], ocrem, ocre [accsg.], oarer [gen.sg.], ukre, ocre [dat.sg.], ocre, ocrem [loc.sg.], ukripe, ukriper, ocriper, ocreper [abl.sg.]; Marr. ocres [gen.sg.]; SPic. okrei [loc.sg.?] 'castle, upper town'. PIE … — [de Vaan, s.v. ocris, p. 438]

2. ocris — Lewis & Short

ocris, is, m., = o)/kris [akin to acer, ocior, root ac-],

I a broken, rugged, stony mountain (ante-class.): ocrem antiqui montem confragosum vocabant, ut apud Livium: qui ascendunt altum ocrim; et, celsosque ocrīs arvaque petria; et, namque Taenari celsos ocrīs; et, in Pelio ocri, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.

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  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. ocris (scan pp. 438-439; entry #1194). Root candidates: *okri-, *oktawo-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ocris (scan p. 481; entry #7777).

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