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praecessor
praecessor
Latin
Noun
praecessor m (genitive praecessōris); third declension
- predecessor
- superior (person of higher rank)
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praecessor | praecessōrēs |
| genitive | praecessōris | praecessōrum |
| dative | praecessōrī | praecessōribus |
| accusative | praecessōrem | praecessōrēs |
| ablative | praecessōre | praecessōribus |
| vocative | praecessor | praecessōrēs |
References
- praecessor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- PRAECESSOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praecessor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.