δρομέας
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δρομεύς (dromeús) with semantic loan from English cursor.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]δρομέας • (droméas) m (plural δρομείς)
- (athletics) runner
- (ornithology, in the plural) ratites (running, flightless birds)
- rotor
- Synonym: ρότορας m (rótoras)
- (computing) cursor (an indicator, often a blinking line or bar and sometimes called a caret, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δρομέας (droméas) | δρομείς (dromeís) |
| genitive | δρομέα (droméa) | δρομέων (droméon) |
| accusative | δρομέα (droméa) | δρομείς (dromeís) |
| vocative | δρομέα (droméa) | δρομείς (dromeís) |
References
[edit]- ^ δρομέας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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- Greek terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- el:Athletics
- el:Ornithology
- el:Computing
- Greek nouns declining like 'αμφορέας'
- el:Birds