Meaning of ocris | Babel Free
[ˈɔ.krɪs]Definitions
a broken, rugged, stony mountain; a crag
Old-Latin, declension-3, masculine
Examples
“ocrem antiqui, ut Ateius Philologus in libro Glosematorum refert, montem confragosum vocabant, ut aput Livium: ocrem is what the ancients, as Ateius the Grammarian relates in his book of glosses, call a rocky mountain, as in Livius: […] sed qui sunt hi, qui ascendunt altum ocrim? […] but who are these men who are climbing the high crag? […] celsosque ocris / arvaque putria et mare magnum […] […] the high crags, / the crumbling earth, and the vast sea […] […] namque Taenari celsos ocris”
[…] for the high crags of Taenarus
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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