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Etymology
[edit]From Latin accentor (“one who sings with another”), from ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”). Superficially accent + -or.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]accentor (plural accentors)
- Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
- (obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
- (music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]bird of the Prunella genus
music: director or leader
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /akˈken.tor/, [äkˈkɛn̪t̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /atˈt͡ʃen.tor/, [ätˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪or]
Noun
[edit]accentor m (genitive accentōris); third declension
- one who sings with another
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | accentor | accentōrēs |
Genitive | accentōris | accentōrum |
Dative | accentōrī | accentōribus |
Accusative | accentōrem | accentōrēs |
Ablative | accentōre | accentōribus |
Vocative | accentor | accentōrēs |
References
[edit]- “accentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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