1. ōra — Lewis & Short
ōra, ae, f.kindred with Sanscr. avāra, ripa citerior fluminis,
I the extremity of a thing; the border, brim, edge, margin, end, boundary.
I Lit.
A 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.—
B In partic., the coast, sea-coast (syn.:
litus, ripa): Graeciae,Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:
Asiae,Nep. Alc. 5, 6:
maritima,Caes. B. G. 3, 8:
Jordanis,Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 43;
but transf.: ora maritima,the inhabitants of the coast, people of the maritime districts, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 67. So, jam Misenensem classem et pulcherrimam Campaniam oram descivisse, Tac. H. 3, 60.—
C Transf.
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 A zone:
globum terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilem,Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68.—
4 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.—
II 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.