procul

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Latin

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Etymology

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From the root of celer, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (to drive, force to move quickly).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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procul (not comparable)

  1. far, far away; at a distance, from afar
    Brasilia procul ab Iaponia est.
    Brazil is far from Japan.

References

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  • procul”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • procul”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • procul in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be far from town: longe, procul abesse ab urbe
    • God forbid: quod abominor! (procul absit!)