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Antecessor
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Antecessor
ANTECES'SOR
,Noun.
1.
One who goes before; a leader; a principal. It was formerly a title given to those who excelled in any science; to professors of civil law; and in the Universities of France, the teachers of law take the title in their theses.2.
One that possessed land before the present possessor.Definition 2024
antecessor
antecessor
English
Alternative forms
- antecessour (obsolete)
Noun
antecessor (plural antecessors)
- (obsolete) predecessor
Catalan
Noun
antecessor m (plural antecessors, feminine antecessora)
Related terms
- antecedència
- antecedent
- antecedentment
- antecedir
Latin
Etymology
From ante- (“before”) + cedō (“go”) + -sor (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an.teˈkes.sor/, [an.tɛˈkɛs.sɔr]
Noun
antecessor m (genitive antecessōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | antecessor | antecessōrēs |
| genitive | antecessōris | antecessōrum |
| dative | antecessōrī | antecessōribus |
| accusative | antecessōrem | antecessōrēs |
| ablative | antecessōre | antecessōribus |
| vocative | antecessor | antecessōrēs |
Descendants
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References
- antecessor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ANTECESSOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “antecessor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- antecessor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Noun
antecessor m (plural antecessores, feminine antecessora, feminine plural antecessoras)
- predecessor (one who precedes)