ora

ōra, ae, f.: a margin, border, 12.924; coast, shore, 3.396; region, 2.91; rim, extremity, 10.477; pl., outline, compass, 9.528.

ōra, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. avāra, ripa citerior fluminis], 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.

1. ōra, ae, f. (v. 1. ōs), das Äußerste jeder Sache, der Rand, Saum, das Ende, die Grenze, I) im allg.: poculi, Lucr.: regionum, Cic.: extremae silvae, Liv.: clipei, Verg.: orae vulneris, Cels.: orae lori, Gell.: purpurea ora, Borte (des Gewandes), Catull.: poet., oras evolvite belli, den Kriegsschauplatz, Verg. – Nbf. ōrum, Itiner. Anton. p. 15, 6 Gildemeister. – II) insbes.: A) die Küste, Seeküste, Italiae, Asiae, Liv.: oris Italiae maritimis, Cic.: oram Italiae legere u. dgl., s. 2. lego (no. I. 3, a) u. moratim. – meton., ora maritima = die Küstenbewohner, Cic. de imp. Pomp. 67: pulcherrimam Campaniae oram descivisse, Tac. hist. 3, 60. – B) die Gegend, Himmelsgegend, Cic., Verg. u. Plin.: orientis, Hor. – poet., Acheruntis orae, Unterwelt, Lucr.: u. luminis, Welt, Erde, Licht, Leben, Lucr. u. Verg. – C) der Erdgürtel, die Zone, Cic. Tusc. 1, 68.

2. ōra, ae, f. (verwandt mit orea od. aurea, ein Pferdezaum, in der Fuhrmannssprache), als t. t. der Schifferspr. = ein Tau, Schiffsseil, womit das Schiff am Ufer befestigt wird, oras et ancoras praecīdere, Liv.: oram solvere, Quint.: oras resolvere, Liv.

1 ora [CL] 1 edge, border, rim; b (of garment also fig.); c (w. ref. to Psalm. cxxxii 2). d opening (in quot., of window). scopuli oram V. Cuthb. III 4; apes ‥ / ‥ stupuit ‥ / ire, redire foras per rimas vasis et oras R. Cant. Malch. IV 71; juxta oram cujusdam fovee Coggesh. Chr. 88b; a1230 decreverunt poni ‥ trabem sexdecim pedum super oram stagni E. Ch. Waltham 245; debent fratres reliquias suas super horam mense adunare Obs. Barnwell 162; in disco numquam coclear stet nec super oram Stans Puer 24.  b horam appellantes quod certi temporis ora, id est terminus, sit, sicut et vestimentorum, fluviorum, maris quoque fines oras vocitare solemus Bede TR 3; 10‥ oram, læppan WW; necdum peccator per seipsum audet accedere ad Deum, sed querit aliquem sanctum pauperem spiritu qui sit in hora vestimenti Domini tamquam fimbria, per quem habeat accessum Bart. Exon. Pen. 13 p. 185; transiens ‥ juxta puteum ‥ supernatare vidit oram vestimenti filii sui Mir. Wulfst. II 12.  c unguentum a capite Christo ‥ in oram vestimenti dirivatur J. Sal. Ep. 210 (191); effusio ‥ a capite ‥ usque ad oram vestimenti descendit J. Ford Serm. 91. 12; descendit unguentum a capite in barbam, de barba in horam vestimenti Ad. Dore Pictor 163.  d haec est illa domus ‥ / quam sol per vitreas illustrans candidus oras / limpida prenitido diffundit lumina templo Æthelwulf Abb. 621. 2 (topog.) boundary, border, edge; b (of forest); c (of river). d (of sea) coast, shore. 10‥ ad oras, to ðæm gemærum WW.  b solus ad oram silve devenit W. Malm. GR II 175; cum ‥ in silve ipsius ora in insidiis latitassent Gir. EH II 1 p. 309; 1229 mandatum est Rogero de C. quod habere faciat abbati de F. duas quercus in horis foreste Cl 188.  c ora ‥ fluviorum Bede TR 3 (v. 1b supra); 10‥ oras, ofras WW; sociis per oram fluminis ad piscandum dispersis W. Malm. GR II 121.  d in ‥ Carpathio mari et circa oras Italiae Lib. Monstr. I 52; maris ‥ fines oras vocitare solemus Bede TR 3 (v. 1b supra); naves ad tutandam oram maritimam fabricatas W. Malm. GR II 165; brachii istius ora crebris hinc inde terris ‥ accingitur Gir. TH I 2. 3 region, land; b (w. ref. to heaven). proprias spernunt spumosis fluctibus oras Aldh. VirgV 816; [Hiberniae] septentrionales oras intrasse Bede HE I 1 p. 11; ora, regione [? l. regionis, regionum], fines GlC O 243; repetere statuunt horas aviti regni Enc. Emmae III 11; piscibus et vinis nusquam tam fertilis hora M. Cornw. Hen. 225.  b donec in aethereas flamma prorumperet oras Aldh. VirgV 1426; precomptos transmigret lucis in horas Æthelwulf Abb. 87. 4 lap. a lappe, ora, gremium Levins Manip. 27. 5 (by assoc. w. ora n. pl of os) face. itaque, regis mortis auctore morte excepto, summam ilico pallor regis oram decolorat Hist. Arthuri 86.

2 ora [AS ora < ON øyrir] , unit of exchange, weight, or money introduced by Danes: a (of unspec. value; b (equivalent of 16 d.); c (equivalent of 20 d.); d (equivalent of 30 d.); e gold coin. a 950 si presbyter saepius quam ter uno die missam celebret, solvat xij oras Conc. I 219b; reddiderunt per annum v ores de consuetudine ad monasterium de Stanes (Bucks) DB I 145vb; veniente domina sua in manerio presentaret ei xviij oras denariorum ut esset ipsa laeto animo (Heref) DB I 179vb; quod Osbernus reddebat v oras. ‥ quod abbatissa xl denarios (Heref) DB I 180va; de landgable vij librae et ij orae et duo denarii (Cambs) DB I 189ra; per consuetudinem veniente comitissa in manerio afferebantur ei xviij orae denariorum (Salop) DB I 253vb; lagemanni ‥ habebant ‥ sacam et socam ‥ super homines suos, preter geld et ‥ forisfacturam corporum suorum de xl oris argenti (Lincs) DB I 336vb; pax que dabitur in ealahus emendetur de homine occiso sex dimidiis marcis, de vivo duodecim oris (Quad.) GAS 228; erit ejus forisfactum ‥ xl ores in Danelahe; ‥ qui non habent hanc libertatem, erit forisfactum ‥ xxxij ores (Leis Will.) Ib. 495; manbote in Denelaga de villano et sokeman xij oras, de liberis hominibus iij marcas (Leg. Ed.) Ib. 638; a1155 pro heriet dabit vj oras, pro merchet vj oras, et pro forisfacto vj oras in misericordia Feod. Durh. 115n; 1183 unusquisque ‥ reddit ij oras de firma Boldon Bk. 42.  b haec terra valet ij oras (cf. DB I 198ra: in Inchelintone ‥ terra ‥ valet xxxij d.) Inq. Cantab. 41; a1100 singulis annis duas oras, id est xxxij denarios ‥ impensuros promittunt Chr. Abingd. II 30; singulum [sc. pondus] signetur ita cur quod xv ore libram faciant (Quad.) GAS 236; convictus ‥ dabit sex oras, id est octo solidos (Leg. IV Burg.) APScot I 344; 1252 solebant dare pro filiabus suis maritandis duas horas que valeant xxxij denarios (CoramR r. 4) H. Ellis, General Introduction to Domesday Book (London, 1833) I 167.  c xxiiij li. de denariis qui sunt xx in ora (Kent) DB I 1ra; reddit xviij libras denariorum de xx in ora (Devon) DB I 100vb; reddit ‥ de moneta xx libras denariorum de xx in ora (Oxon) DB I 154vb.  d si quis in die Dominica negotiationem facere presumat, perdat ‥ xij oran[v. l. oras] cum Dacis et triginta sol. cum Anglis (Quad.) GAS 133.  e statuit dominus rex quod le cro ‥ est mille vaccae vel tria millia orarum aurearum, sc. tres orae pro vacca RegiamM IV 36.

3 ora v. 1 os

1 ōra, (8) æ, f. (os 1), ¶ 1 bord, extrémité de qqch. : Lucr. 4, 12 ; Enn. Ann. 85 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 101 || bord, rivage, côte : Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1 ; Cæs. G. 3, 8 || région, contrée, pays : Cic. Nat. 2, 164 ; Virg. En. 1, 1 || zone : Cic. Tusc. 1, 68 ¶ 2 pl. [poét. = fines ], les contours, ce qui limite, [dʼoù] ce qui est limité : luminis oræ Enn. Ann. 114, les rives de la lumière, le monde, la vie, cf. Lucr. 1, 22 ; 2, 617, etc. ; Virg. G. 2, 47, etc. || oræ belli Virg. En. 9, 528, les contours, le tableau de la guerre.

2 ōra, æ, f. , câble qui attache un vaisseau au rivage : Liv. 22, 19, 10 ; 28, 36, 11 ; Quint. 4, 2, 41.

3 ōra, n. pl. de os 1.

ora , ae. f.
末。邊。河邊。岸。邊界。域。水土。— poculorum 杯邊。— vulneris 瘡邊。Superis concessit ab oris 死。Oram praecidere 砍纜。v. os.

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ōra (1) ae, f

• 1 AS-, an extremity, border, brim, edge, rim, margin, end, boundary, limit: omnes spectant ad carceris oras, at the barriers, Enn. ap. C.: (clipei), V.: summa (vestis), O.: regiones, quarum nulla esset ora: subiecti Orientis orae Serae, the extreme East, H.—The coast, sea-coast: Asiae, N.: maritima, Cs.: ora maritima Pompeium requisivit, the people of the coast.—A region, clime, country: terrarum latior: gelida, H.: Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam venit, V.: quae se tollunt in luminis oras, the world of life, V.: o Calliope . . . mecum oras evolvite belli, the scenes of the war, V.—A zone: globus terrae duabus oris distantibus habitabilis.

ōra (2) ae, f

• a cable, ship's line, head-line: resolutis oris, L.: trahunt scalas orasque, L.

Ora

A hawser or cable (Livy, xxii. 19).