cella

See also: Cella and cel·la

English

Etymology

From Latin cella. Compare cell.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛlə/

Noun

cella (plural cellae)

  1. (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.

Catalan

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈsə.ʎə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ʎə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈse.ʎa/

Noun

cella f (plural celles)

  1. eyebrow

French

Noun

cella f (plural cellas)

  1. cella

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese celha), from Latin cilia (compare Spanish ceja), from cilium.

Noun

cella f (plural cellas)

  1. eyebrow

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cella, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā.

Noun

cella f (plural celle)

  1. cell

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā, 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.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkel.la/, [ˈkɛl.la]

Noun

cella f (genitive cellae); first declension

  1. a small room, a hut, barn, granary
  2. the part of a temple where the image of a god stood; altar, sanctuary, shrine, pantry

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cella cellae
genitive cellae cellārum
dative cellae cellīs
accusative cellam cellās
ablative cellā cellīs
vocative cella cellae

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • 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

References

  • 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
  • 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 Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

cella m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of celle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

cella f

  1. definite singular of celle
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