procerus

English

Etymology

From Latin prōcērus (“tall, extended”).

Noun

procerus (plural proceri)

1. (anatomy) A triangular muscle between the top of the nose and the eyebrows.

Synonyms

• procerus muscle

Translations

triangular muscle between the top of the nose and the eyebrows

• Italian: procero m, muscolo procero m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: piramidal de la nariz m, músculo piramidal de la nariz m

Anagrams

• croupers, procures

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pro- (confer Latin prōvincia) and *ḱer- (“grow”) (confer Latin crescō (“I grow”)). See also Latin sincērus (“genuine, sincere”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈkeː.rus/, [proːˈkeːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈt͡ʃe.rus/, [proˈt͡ʃɛːrus]

Adjective

prōcērus (feminine prōcēra, neuter prōcērum, comparative prōcērior); first/second-declension adjective

1. high, tall, lofty
2. extended, elongated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōcērus	prōcēra	prōcērum		prōcērī	prōcērae	prōcēra
Genitive	prōcērī	prōcērae	prōcērī		prōcērōrum	prōcērārum	prōcērōrum
Dative	prōcērō		prōcērō		prōcērīs
Accusative	prōcērum	prōcēram	prōcērum		prōcērōs	prōcērās	prōcēra
Ablative	prōcērō	prōcērā	prōcērō		prōcērīs
Vocative	prōcēre	prōcēra	prōcērum		prōcērī	prōcērae	prōcēra

Antonyms

• (tall): imprōcērus

Derived terms

• imprōcērus
• prōcērē
• prōcēritās

• prōcēritūdō
• prōcērulus

Descendants

• → English: procerus
• → Italian: procero
• → Spanish: procero

References

• “procerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “procerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procerus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• procerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.