accentor
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English[edit]
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) 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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