perceptor
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin perceptor.
Noun
[edit]perceptor (plural perceptors)
- That which perceives.
- 1967, Scott Symons, Combat Journal of Place D'Armes: A Personal Narrative[1]:
- 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[2]:
- […] secondary energy (e.g., sound, chemical, mechanical) excites the energy of the perceptor cells before sensation can occur.
Derived terms
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From percipiō (“seize; conceive; perceive”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /perˈkep.tor/, [pɛrˈkɛpt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈt͡ʃep.tor/, [perˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]
Noun
[edit]perceptor m (genitive perceptōris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | perceptor | perceptōrēs |
Genitive | perceptōris | perceptōrum |
Dative | perceptōrī | perceptōribus |
Accusative | perceptōrem | perceptōrēs |
Ablative | perceptōre | perceptōribus |
Vocative | perceptor | perceptōrēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: perceptor
- Italian: percettore
- Sicilian: pircitturi
- Spanish: perceptor
References
[edit]- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- perceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin perceptor or French percepteur.
Noun
[edit]perceptor m (plural perceptori)
Declension
[edit]Declension of perceptor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) perceptor | perceptorul | (niște) perceptori | perceptorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) perceptor | perceptorului | (unor) perceptori | perceptorilor |
vocative | perceptorule | perceptorilor |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin perceptor.
Noun
[edit]perceptor m (plural perceptores, feminine perceptora, feminine plural perceptoras)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “perceptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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