ascella

See also: Ascella

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin ascella or Vulgar Latin *axella, from Latin axilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃˈʃɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: a‧scèl‧la

Noun

ascella f (plural ascelle)

1. (anatomy) armpit, axilla
2. (botany) axil, axilla

Derived terms

• ascellare

Anagrams

• Casella, casella

Latin

Etymology

For *axicella, from axilla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈkel.la/, [äs̠ˈkɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aʃˈʃel.la/, [äʃˈʃɛlːä]

Noun

ascella f (genitive ascellae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. wing
2. pinion
3. armpit, axilla

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ascella	ascellae
Genitive	ascellae	ascellārum
Dative	ascellae	ascellīs
Accusative	ascellam	ascellās
Ablative	ascellā	ascellīs
Vocative	ascella	ascellae

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: aixella
• Corsican: ascedda, ascella
• Dalmatian: scul
• French: aisselle
• → Irish: ascaill
• Italian: ascella
• Neapolitan: ascella, scella
• Occitan: aissèla, eishèra
• Sicilian: asciḍḍa
• Venetian: asela
• → Welsh: asgell

References

• ascella 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)

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Late Latin ascella, from Latin āxilla (“winglet, armpit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʃʃel.lə/

Noun

ascella f (plural ascelle)

1. wing

Related terms

• scella