accentor
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Prunella montanella (top) and Prunella modularis (bottom), species of accentor (1)
English
Etymology
From Latin accentor (“one who sings with another”), from ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”). Superficially accent + -or.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Translations
bird of the Prunella genus
music: director or leader
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /akˈken.tor/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /atˈt͡ʃen.tor/,
Noun
accentor m (genitive accentōris); third declension
- one who sings with another
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | accentor | accentōrēs |
| genitive | accentōris | accentōrum |
| dative | accentōrī | accentōribus |
| accusative | accentōrem | accentōrēs |
| ablative | accentōre | accentōribus |
| vocative | accentor | accentōrēs |
References
- “accentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press