Vercellae

Latin

Etymology

Said to be of Celtic (Gaulish or Ligurian) origin, meaning something like "upper settlement," from Proto-Celtic *uɸor- (“upper, over”) + *kella (“settlement”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”), like cella (“cell”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈkel.lae̯/, [u̯ɛrˈkɛlːʲäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈt͡ʃel.le/, [verˈt͡ʃɛlːe]

Proper noun

Vercellae f pl (genitive Vercellārum); first declension

1. A town in Cisalpine Gaul situated on the right bank of the Sessites, now Vercelli

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Vercellae
genitive	Vercellārum
dative	Vercellīs
accusative	Vercellās
ablative	Vercellīs
vocative	Vercellae
locative	Vercellīs

Derived terms

• Vercellēnsis
• Vercellīnus

References

• “Vercellae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Vercellae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Vercellae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.