cella
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin
Noun [edit]
cella (plural cellae)
- (architecture) The part enclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
cella f (plural celles)
Galician [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
cella f (plural cellas)
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin cella.
Noun [edit]
cella f (plural celle)
Derived terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā, which consists of Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) and a suffix -nā. Cognate to Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-: Latin clam, Latin celo, Proto-Germanic *helaną.
Noun [edit]
cella (genitive cellae); f, first declension
- a small room, a hut, barn, granary
- the part of a temple where the image of a god stood; altar, sanctuary, shrine
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cella | cellae |
| genitive | cellae | cellārum |
| dative | cellae | cellīs |
| accusative | cellam | cellās |
| ablative | cellā | cellīs |
| vocative | cella | cellae |
