decessor

Latin

Noun

dēcessor m (genitive dēcessōris); third declension

  1. a retiring governor or magistrate
  2. a predecessor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēcessor dēcessōrēs
genitive dēcessōris dēcessōrum
dative dēcessōrī dēcessōribus
accusative dēcessōrem dēcessōrēs
ablative dēcessōre dēcessōribus
vocative dēcessor dēcessōrēs

References

  • decessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "decessor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • decessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.