procul

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔ.kʊɫ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.kul]
• Hyphenation: pro‧cul

Adverb

procul (not comparable)

1. far, far away, far-off

   Brasīlia procul ab Iapōniā est.

   Brazil is far from Japan.

   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovidius, Tristia 1.3.19:

     nāta procul Libycīs aberat dīversa sub ōrīs

     My daughter was far away on the Libyan shore

References

• “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!)