procella

Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin procella (“storm, hurricane, tempest”).

Noun

procella f (plural procelle)

1. storm, tempest

Anagrams

• carpello, porcella

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Latin

Etymology

From procello (“to throw violently forward”), from pro- (“forward”) + cello (“to rise, to tower”). Cf. percello.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈkel.la/, [prɔˈkɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈt͡ʃel.la/, [proˈt͡ʃɛlːä]

Noun

procella f (genitive procellae); first declension

1. storm, gale
2. tempest, hurricane

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	procella	procellae
Genitive	procellae	procellārum
Dative	procellae	procellīs
Accusative	procellam	procellās
Ablative	procellā	procellīs
Vocative	procella	procellae

Descendants

• English: procelle
• French: procelle
• Italian: procella
• Portuguese: procela
• Spanish: procela

References

• “procella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “procella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert