Cursor

See also: cursor

German

Etymology

From English cursor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkœrzər/, [ˈkœɐ̯zɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Cursor m (genitive Cursors, plural Cursor)

1. (computing) cursor (icon of a pointing device)
2. (computing) cursor (icon indicating where the next insertion should take place)

Synonyms

• (pointing device): Mauszeiger (specialist); Pfeil (informal)
• (insertion): Eingabemarkierung, Eingabezeiger, Eingabestrich (the last informal)

Further reading

• “Cursor” in Duden online

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Latin

Etymology

From cursor (“runner”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.sor/, [ˈkʊrs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.sor/, [ˈkursor]

Proper noun

Cursor m sg (genitive Cursōris); third declension

1. a cognomen famously held by:
   1. Lucius Papirius Cursor, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cursor
Genitive	Cursōris
Dative	Cursōrī
Accusative	Cursōrem
Ablative	Cursōre
Vocative	Cursor

References

• “Cursor2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cursor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.