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Webster 1913 Edition
Antecursor
Anˊte-cur′sor
,Noun.
[L., fr.
antecurrere
to run before; ante
+ currere
to run.] A forerunner; a precursor.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Antecursor
ANTECURS'OR
,Noun.
One who runs before; a forerunner. In the Roman armies, the antecursors were a body of horse detached to obtain intelligence, get provisions, &c., for the main body.
Definition 2024
antecursor
antecursor
Latin
Etymology
ante- (“before”) + currō (“run”) + -sor (agentive suffix)
Noun
antecursor m (genitive antecursōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “antecursor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.