procerus

English

Alternative forms

• procerus nasi

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōcērus (“high, tall, long”), clipping of mūsculus prōcērus (“tall muscle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈsɛə.ɹəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈsɪɹ.əs/

Noun

procerus (plural proceri or proceruses)

1. (anatomy) A roughly triangular facial muscle that arises from the fascia of the nasal bone and a cartilage in the side of the nose and inserts into the skin between the eyebrows, drawing down the medial part of the eyebrow and the skin of the forehead.

   Synonym: (obsolete) pyramidalis nasi

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 降眉間肌／降眉间肌 (jiàngméijiānjī)

• Italian: procero m, muscolo procero m
• Spanish: piramidal de la nariz m, músculo piramidal de la nariz m

References

• “procerus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “procerus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• croupers, procures

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“toward, forward”) (compare Latin prōvincia) and *ḱer- (“grow”) (compare Latin crescō (“come forth, grow, arise, appear”)). See also Latin sincērus (“genuine, sincere”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈkeː.rus/, [proːˈkeːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈt͡ʃe.rus/, [proˈt͡ʃɛːrus]

Adjective

prōcērus (feminine prōcēra, neuter prōcērum, comparative prōcērior); first/second-declension adjective

1. (literally) high, tall, lofty, long

   Antonym: imprōcērus

   1. (particularly military) The name of a company of tall soldiers, similar to grenadiers.
2. (transferred sense) (in general) long, extended, elongated, large

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōcērus	prōcēra	prōcērum		prōcērī	prōcērae	prōcēra
Genitive	prōcērī	prōcērae	prōcērī		prōcērōrum	prōcērārum	prōcērōrum
Dative	prōcērō		prōcērō		prōcērīs
Accusative	prōcērum	prōcēram	prōcērum		prōcērōs	prōcērās	prōcēra
Ablative	prōcērō	prōcērā	prōcērō		prōcērīs
Vocative	prōcēre	prōcēra	prōcērum		prōcērī	prōcērae	prōcēra

Derived terms

• imprōcērus
• prōcēritās
• prōcēritūdō
• prōcērulus
• prōcērē

 

Descendants

Descendants of procerus in other languages

• → English: procerus
• → Italian: procero
• → Portuguese: procero
• → Spanish: procero

References

• “procerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “procerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procerus 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)
• procerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.