Dictionary formora, orae(feminine)
Translation
shore, coast; edge, border
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | ora | orae |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | ora | orae |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | oram | oras |
| Genitiveof | orae | orarum |
| Dativeto, for | orae | oris |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | ora | oris |
Examples
.
The coast of the sea is long.
appulsae .
The ships were driven to the shore.
Italiae .
They skirted the coasts of Italy.
maritima .
The city is situated on the sea coast.
.
We were a long way from the coast.
Ora, orae, f., first declension. The root sense is an edge or hem, and a coastline is simply the edge of the land: ora maritima. Litus is the actual beach, the sand and shingle where the water arrives; ora is the whole seaboard as a map or a sailor sees it.
Two homographs to keep straight, because both are common. Ora is also the imperative of oro, "pray", and it is the nominative and accusative plural of os, oris, n., "mouth" - so ora can mean "faces" as easily as "coasts". Only the sentence settles it.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 8: ora, ovis, desiderium and 7 more words.