antecursor
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin antecursor, from ante (“before, in front”) + cursor (“runner”)
Noun
[edit]antecursor (plural antecursors)
- (obsolete) A forerunner; a precursor.
References
[edit]- “antecursor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ante- (“before”) + currō (“run”) + -tor (agentive suffix)
Noun
[edit]antecursor m (genitive antecursōris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | antecursor | antecursōrēs |
| genitive | antecursōris | antecursōrum |
| dative | antecursōrī | antecursōribus |
| accusative | antecursōrem | antecursōrēs |
| ablative | antecursōre | antecursōribus |
| vocative | antecursor | antecursōrēs |
References
[edit]- “antecursor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “antecursor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- antecursor 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)
- antecursor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.