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): [wɛrˈkɛl.lae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [verˈt͡ʃɛl.le] === Proper noun === Vercellae f pl (genitive Vercellārum); first declension a town in Cisalpine Gaul situated on the right bank of the Sessites, now Vercelli ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, plural only. ==== 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.