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cursor

Pronunciation: [ˈkʊr.sɔr]

“cursor” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a runner, racer
  2. a courier, messenger, post
  3. a slave, who ran before the chariot of a grandee, forerunner

In Latin

  1. Qui currit.
  2. Qui pedibus currit stadium in ludis.
  3. Auriga, qui n ludis quadrigas agit.
  4. Qui litteras aliquo fert.
  5. Cursores, qui non pedibus, sed equis aut vehiculis maxima itinera celerrime conficiebant, publici erant.
  6. Qui luxus causa ante domini rhedam currit.
  7. Iambus, quia versus eo pedecompositi minime decurrunt.

Etymology

From currō (“run”) + -sor.

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