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Latin
Etymology
From praesiliō (“to jump before”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
praesultor m (genitive praesultōris); third declension
- (post-Classical) leading dancer
- Synonym: praesul
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- praesultor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- praesultor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “praesultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press