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decessor
decessor
Latin
Noun
dēcessor m (genitive dēcessōris); third declension
- a retiring governor or magistrate
- a predecessor
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēcessor | dēcessōrēs |
| genitive | dēcessōris | dēcessōrum |
| dative | dēcessōrī | dēcessōribus |
| accusative | dēcessōrem | dēcessōrēs |
| ablative | dēcessōre | dēcessōribus |
| vocative | dēcessor | dēcessōrēs |
Related terms
References
- decessor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decessor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DECESSOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decessor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.