Vercellae

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Latin

Etymology

Said to be of Celtic (Gaulish or Ligurian) origin, meaning something like "upper settlement," from Proto-Celtic *uɸor- (“upper, over”) + *kella (“settlement”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”), like cella (“cell”)).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vercellae f pl (genitive Vercellārum); first declension

  1. A town in Cisalpine Gaul situated on the right bank of the Sessites, now Vercelli

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Vercellae
genitive Vercellārum
dative Vercellīs
accusative Vercellās
ablative Vercellīs
vocative Vercellae
locative Vercellīs

Derived terms

References

  • “Vercellae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Vercellae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Vercellae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Gasca Queirazza, Giuliano, Marcato, Carla, Pellegrini, Giovan Battista, Petracco Siccardi, Giulia, Rossebastiano, Alda (1990, 1997) Dizionario di toponomastica, Turin: UTET, →ISBN, p. 78
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