procerus

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

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

[edit]

References

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]

Latin

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • 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.