Cursor
See also: cursor
German edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English cursor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Cursor m (strong, genitive Cursors, plural Cursor)
- (computing) cursor (icon of a pointing device)
- (computing) cursor (icon indicating where the next insertion should take place)
Declension edit
Declension of Cursor [masculine, strong]
Synonyms edit
- (pointing device): Mauszeiger (specialist); Pfeil (informal)
- (insertion): Eingabemarkierung, Eingabezeiger, Eingabestrich (the last informal)
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From cursor (“runner”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkur.sor/, [ˈkʊrs̠ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkur.sor/, [ˈkursor]
Proper noun edit
Cursor m sg (genitive Cursōris); third declension
- a cognomen famously held by:
- Lucius Papirius Cursor, a Roman consul
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Cursor |
Genitive | Cursōris |
Dative | Cursōrī |
Accusative | Cursōrem |
Ablative | Cursōre |
Vocative | Cursor |
References edit
- “Cursor2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cursor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.