Cursor

See also: cursor

German

Etymology

From English cursor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkœrzər/, [ˈkœɐ̯zɐ]
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Noun

Cursor m (genitive Cursors, plural Cursor)

  1. (computing) cursor (icon of a pointing device)
  2. (computing) cursor (icon indicating where the next insertion should take place)

Declension
Declension of Cursor
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Cursor die Cursor
genitive eines des Cursors der Cursor
dative einem dem Cursor den Cursorn
accusative einen den Cursor die Cursor

Synonyms
  • (pointing device): Mauszeiger (specialist); Pfeil (informal)
  • (insertion): Eingabemarkierung, Eingabezeiger, Eingabestrich (the last informal)

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From cursor (“runner”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkur.sor/, [ˈkʊr.sɔr]

Proper noun

Cursor m (genitive Cursōris); third declension

  1. a cognomen famously held by:
    1. Lucius Papirius Cursor, a Roman consul

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Cursor
Genitive Cursōris
Dative Cursōrī
Accusative Cursōrem
Ablative Cursōre
Vocative Cursor

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
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