Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Accentor
Ac-cen′tor
,Noun.
[L.
ad
. + cantor
singer, canere
to sing.] 1.
(Mus.)
One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
[Obs.]
2.
(Zool.)
A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
Definition 2024
accentor
accentor
English
Prunella montanella (top) and Prunella modularis (bottom), species of accentor (2)
Noun
accentor (plural accentors)
- Prunella, a genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
- (music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
Translations
bird of the Prunella genus
|
|
music: director or leader
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈken.tor/, [akˈkɛn.tɔr]
Noun
accentor m (genitive accentōris); third declension
- one who sings with another
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | accentor | accentōrēs |
| genitive | accentōris | accentōrum |
| dative | accentōrī | accentōribus |
| accusative | accentōrem | accentōrēs |
| ablative | accentōre | accentōribus |
| vocative | accentor | accentōrēs |
References
- accentor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press