procella

Italian

Etymology

From Latin procella (“storm, hurricane, tempest”).

Noun

procella f (plural procelle)

storm, tempest

Anagrams

carpello, percallo, porcella

Latin

Etymology

From procello (“to throw violently forward”), from pro- (“forward”) + cello (“to rise, to tower”). Cf. percello. Likely related to Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈkel.la/, [prɔˈkɛlːʲä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈt͡ʃel.la/, [proˈt͡ʃɛlːä]

Noun

procella f (genitive procellae); first declension

storm, gale
tempest, hurricane
Synonyms: turbō, tempestās
charge, onset
Synonyms: incursio, impetus, invāsiō, aggressiō, appetītus, occursio, oppugnātiō, incursus, petītiō, ictus, concursus, vīs, assultus

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

Related terms

celer
celox

Descendants

→ English: procelle
→ Catalan: procel·la
→ 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert