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) (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 ==== === References === “procerus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “procerus”, in Merriam-Webster.com 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.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈt͡ʃɛː.rus] === Adjective === prōcērus (feminine prōcēra, neuter prōcērum, comparative prōcērior); first/second-declension adjective (literally) high, tall, lofty, long Antonym: imprōcērus (particularly military) The name of a company of tall soldiers, similar to grenadiers. (transferred sense) (in general) long, extended, elongated, large ==== Inflection ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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.