antecursor
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin antecursor, from ante (“before, in front”) + cursor (“runner”)
Noun edit
antecursor (plural antecursors)
- (obsolete) A forerunner; a precursor.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “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.
| Case | 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.