perceptor
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perceptor.
Noun
perceptor (plural perceptors)
- That which perceives.
- 1967, Scott Symons, Combat Journal of Place D'Armes: A Personal Narrative:
- 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
- […] secondary energy (e.g., sound, chemical, mechanical) excites the energy of the perceptor cells before sensation can occur.
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Related terms
- perception
Anagrams
- preceptor
Latin
Etymology
From percipiō (“seize; conceive; perceive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈkep.tor/, [pɛrˈkɛpt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈt͡ʃep.tor/, [perˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]
Noun
perceptor m (genitive perceptōris); third declension
- 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
From Latin perceptor or French percepteur.
Noun
perceptor m (plural perceptori)
- 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)
- recipient
Related terms
- percepción
Further reading
- “perceptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014