Cursor
See also: cursor
German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cursor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkœrzər/, [ˈkœɐ̯zɐ]
Audio (file)
Noun
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
Declension of Cursor [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Cursor | die | Cursor |
| genitive | eines | des | Cursors | der | Cursor |
| dative | einem | dem | Cursor | den | Cursor |
| accusative | einen | den | Cursor | die | Cursor |
Synonyms
- (pointing device): Mauszeiger (specialist); Pfeil (informal)
- (insertion): Eingabemarkierung, Eingabezeiger, Eingabestrich (the last informal)
Further reading
- “Cursor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Cursor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Cursor” in Duden online
Latin
Etymology
From cursor (“runner”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkur.sor/, [ˈkʊrs̠ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkur.sor/, [ˈkursor]
Proper noun
Cursor m sg (genitive Cursōris); third declension
- a cognomen famously held by:
- Lucius Papirius Cursor, a Roman consul
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Cursor |
| Genitive | Cursōris |
| Dative | Cursōrī |
| Accusative | Cursōrem |
| Ablative | Cursōre |
| Vocative | Cursor |
References
- “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