perceptor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptor.

Noun

perceptor (plural perceptors)

1. That which perceives.
   • 1967, Scott Symons, Combat Journal of Place D'Armes: A Personal Narrative‎^[1]:

     Only by deliberate effort of will, only by deliberately jamming his perceptor set, could he turn them off […]

   • 2002, The Journal of Orgonomy, Volume 36, Issue 1‎^[2]:

     […] secondary energy (e.g., sound, chemical, mechanical) excites the energy of the perceptor cells before sensation can occur.

Related terms

• perception

Anagrams

• preceptor

Latin

Etymology

From percipiō (“seize; conceive; perceive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈkep.tor/, [pɛrˈkɛpt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈt͡ʃep.tor/, [perˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]

Noun

perceptor m (genitive perceptōris); third declension

1. a receiver, imbiber

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perceptor	perceptōrēs
Genitive	perceptōris	perceptōrum
Dative	perceptōrī	perceptōribus
Accusative	perceptōrem	perceptōrēs
Ablative	perceptōre	perceptōribus
Vocative	perceptor	perceptōrēs

Related terms

• perceptībilis
• perceptiō
• perceptus
• percipibilis

Descendants

• English: perceptor
• Italian: percettore
• Sicilian: pircitturi
• Spanish: perceptor

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptor or French percepteur.

Noun

perceptor m (plural perceptori)

1. tax collector

Declension

Declension of perceptor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) perceptor	perceptorul	(niște) perceptori	perceptorii
genitive/dative	(unui) perceptor	perceptorului	(unor) perceptori	perceptorilor
vocative	perceptorule		perceptorilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptor.

Noun

perceptor m (plural perceptores, feminine perceptora, feminine plural perceptoras)

1. recipient

Related terms

• percepción

 

Further reading

• “perceptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014