antecursor
English
Etymology
Latin antecursor, from ante (“before, in front”) + cursor (“runner”)
Noun
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Ur-ancestor, currantoes, raconteurs, ur-ancestor
Latin
Etymology
ante- (“before”) + currō (“run”) + -tor (agentive suffix)
Noun
antecursor m (genitive antecursōris); third declension
- forerunner, scout, vanguard
Declension
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
- “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