antecursor

English

Etymology

From Latin antecursor, from ante (“before, in front”) + cursor (“runner”).

Noun

antecursor (plural antecursors)

1. (obsolete) A forerunner; a precursor.

References

• “antecursor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• raconteurs, Ur-ancestor, ur-ancestor, currantoes, cuarterons

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Proto-Italic *anti

Latin ante

Latin ante-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti

Proto-Italic *korsō

Latin currō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin antecursor

From ante- (“before”) + currō (“run”) + -tor (agentive suffix).

Noun

antecursor m (genitive antecursōris); third declension

1. forerunner, scout, vanguard

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “antecursor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.