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German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cursor.
Pronunciation
Noun
Cursor m (strong, genitive Cursors, plural Cursor)
- (computing) cursor (icon of a pointing device)
- (computing) cursor (icon indicating where the next insertion should take place)
Declension
Synonyms
Further reading
- “Cursor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Cursor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Cursor” in Duden online
Latin
Etymology
From cursor (“runner”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cursor m sg (genitive Cursōris); third declension
- a cognomen famously held by:
- Lucius Papirius Cursor, a Roman consul
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Cursor2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cursor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.