percursor

Latin

Etymology

From percurrō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈkur.sor/, [pɛrˈkʊrs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈkur.sor/, [perˈkursor]

Noun

percursor f (genitive percursōris); third declension

1. striker, stabber
2. assassin

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	percursor	percursōrēs
genitive	percursōris	percursōrum
dative	percursōrī	percursōribus
accusative	percursōrem	percursōrēs
ablative	percursōre	percursōribus
vocative	percursor	percursōrēs

References

• “percursor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• percursor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.