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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δρομεύς (dromeús) with semantic loan from English cursor.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðɾoˈme.as/
- Hyphenation: δρο‧μέ‧ας
Noun
δρομέας • (droméas) m (plural δρομείς)
- (athletics) runner
- (ornithology, in the plural) ratites (running, flightless birds)
- rotor
- Synonym: ρότορας m (rótoras)
- (computing) cursor (an indicator, often a blinking line or bar and sometimes called a caret, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place)
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