English

Noun

perceptor ‎(plural perceptors)

1. That which perceives.
   • 1967, Scott Symons, Combat Journal of Place D'Armes: A Personal Narrative

     Only by deliberate effort of will, only by deliberately jamming his perceptor set, could he turn them off […]

   • 2002, The Journal of Orgonomy, Volume 36, Issue 1

     […] secondary energy (e.g., sound, chemical, mechanical) excites the energy of the perceptor cells before sensation can occur.

Latin

Etymology

From percipiō ‎(“seize; conceive; perceive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈkep.tor/, [pɛrˈkɛp.tɔr]

Noun

perceptor m ‎(genitive perceptōris); third declension

1. a receiver, imbiber

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• Italian: percettore

References

• perceptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PERCEPTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “perceptor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Noun

perceptor m ‎(plural perceptores, feminine perceptora)

1. recipient