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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δρομεύς (dromeús) with semantic loan from English cursor.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ðɾoˈme.as/
  • Hyphenation: δρο‧μέ‧ας

Noun

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δρομέας (droméasm (plural δρομείς)

  1. (athletics) runner
  2. (ornithology, in the plural) ratites (running, flightless birds)
  3. rotor
    Synonym: ρότορας m (rótoras)
  4. (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

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References

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  1. ^ δρομέας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language