cella
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cella. Doublet of cell.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cella (plural cellae)
- (architecture) The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos. [from 17th c.]
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- Room by room, Sarrasine advances to the cella of the hermaphrodite god, veiled like Spenser's Venus.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan (compare Occitan cilha), from Latin cilia (compare Spanish ceja), from cilium (compare French cil), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, from *ḱel- (“to cover”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cella f (plural celles)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “cella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cella” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “cella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
cella f (plural cellas)
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese celha), from Latin cilia (compare Spanish ceja), from cilium.
NounEdit
cella f (plural cellas)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cella, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
NounEdit
cella f (plural celle)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂, which consists of Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) and a suffix -nā. Cognate to Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-: Latin clam, Latin celo, Proto-Germanic *helaną.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cella f (genitive cellae); first declension
- a small room, a hut, storeroom
- a barn, granary
- the part of a temple where the image of a god stood; altar, sanctuary, shrine, pantry
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cella | cellae |
Genitive | cellae | cellārum |
Dative | cellae | cellīs |
Accusative | cellam | cellās |
Ablative | cellā | cellīs |
Vocative | cella | cellae |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Albanian: qelizë
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܩܠܐ (qellā)
- Basque: gela
- Breton: kell
- Catalan: cel·la
- English: cell
- → German: Zelle
- → Polish: cela
- Galician: cela
- Greek: κελί (kelí)
- Ancient Greek: κέλλα (kélla)
- Irish: cill
- Italian: cella
- Old French: cele
- Portuguese: cela
- Russian: ке́лья (kélʹja)
- Serbo-Croatian: ćelija
- Spanish: cela, celda, cilla
- Swedish: cell
- Welsh: cell
Further readingEdit
- cell in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
- cella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ReferencesEdit
- cella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- cella in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- cella in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cella in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
cella m or f
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
cella f