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+ {{infobox|confidence=disputed|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la ōs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈoː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōra''' ''f'' (genitive ōrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is disputed.^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The OLD takes it as a collective formed from [[m|la|ōs|t=mouth]], as ⟨opera⟩ is from ⟨opus⟩, and compares [[ang|ōr]];^(OLD 2012) Köbler likewise traces it to [[ine-pro|*h₃óh₁s-|t=mouth, edge]].^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary calls it of unknown origin and mentions [[hit|erḫaš|t=line, boundary]] and Latvian [[m|lv|āra]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*h₁erh₂-|t=border, line]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius has ''omnēs avidī spectant ad carceris ōrās'', “all watch eagerly the edge of the starting gate”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Ōra'' is the outside edge, border or margin of something.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''Ōra maritima'' is the sea coast, and ''ōra'' alone the coast or the bank of a river.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It also means a region, land or district, ''ōrae extrēmae'' “the farthest shores”, and a division of the world or the sky (Ennius: ''aetheris ōrās'', “the regions of the upper air”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “border, edge, rim, extremity”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''ad carceris ōrās'';^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) ''aetheris ōrās''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''ōra maritima'' of the coast.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An edge, [[m|en|border]], [[m|en|margin]], rim.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # The [[m|en|coast]] (''ōra maritima''); a river bank.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A region, land;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''ōrae extrēmae'': the farthest shores.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A region of the world or of the sky.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ōrārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ōs]]

+ * [[ōstium]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The OLD lists a second ''ōra'', apparently “a hawser”, perhaps the same word;^(OLD 2012) the TLL calls its origin uncertain.^(TLL) Medieval Latin ''ōra'', a unit of weight, is probably a separate word from Scandinavian.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}