praecantor

Latin

Etymology

Semantically from praecantō (“to bewitch”) +‎ -tor (which would otherwise have given *praecantātor), morphologically from prae- +‎ cantor.

Noun

praecantor m (genitive praecantōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) enchanter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative praecantor praecantōrēs
genitive praecantōris praecantōrum
dative praecantōrī praecantōribus
accusative praecantōrem praecantōrēs
ablative praecantōre praecantōribus
vocative praecantor praecantōrēs

References

  • “praecantor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “praecantor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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