oreae

Latin

Alternative forms

• ōriae, aureae, auriae, aurea, auria

Etymology

From ōs (“mouth”) +‎ -eus: "that which is inserted into the mouth, mouth-pieces".

Compare Proto-Slavic *uzda — *usta relation.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.re.ae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.re.e]

Noun

ōreae f pl (genitive ōreārum); first declension

1. (plural only) the bit and reins of a horse, bridle

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	ōreae
genitive	ōreārum
dative	ōreīs
accusative	ōreās
ablative	ōreīs
vocative	ōreae

Related terms

• aureā̆x
• aurīga

References

• “oreae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press