δρομέας

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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 (droméasm (plural δρομείς)

  1. (athletics) runner
  2. (ornithology, in the plural) ratites (running, flightless birds)
  3. rotor
    Synonym: ρότορας m (rótoras)
  4. (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)

Declension

Declension of δρομέας
singular plural
nominative δρομέας (droméas) δρομείς (dromeís)
genitive δρομέα (droméa) δρομέων (droméon)
accusative δρομέα (droméa) δρομείς (dromeís)
vocative δρομέα (droméa) δρομείς (dromeís)

References

  1. ^ δρομέας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language