perceptor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptor.

Noun

perceptor (plural perceptors)

1. That which perceives.
   • 1967, Scott Symons, Combat Journal of Place D'Armes: A Personal Narrative‎:

     Only by deliberate effort of will, only by deliberately jamming his perceptor set, could he turn them off […]

   • 2002, The Journal of Orgonomy, Volume 36, Issue 1‎:

     […] secondary energy (e.g., sound, chemical, mechanical) excites the energy of the perceptor cells before sensation can occur.

Derived terms

• graviperceptor

Related terms

• ceptor
• perception
• perceptiveness
• receptor

Anagrams

• preceptor

Latin

Etymology

From percipiō (“seize; conceive; perceive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈkɛp.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈt͡ʃɛp.tor]

Noun

perceptor m (genitive perceptōris); third declension

1. a receiver, imbiber

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	perceptor	perceptōrēs
genitive	perceptōris	perceptōrum
dative	perceptōrī	perceptōribus
accusative	perceptōrem	perceptōrēs
ablative	perceptōre	perceptōribus
vocative	perceptor	perceptōrēs

Related terms

• perceptibilis
• perceptiō
• perceptus
• percipibilis

Descendants

• English: perceptor
• Italian: percettore
• Sicilian: pircitturi
• Spanish: perceptor

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptor or French percepteur.

Noun

perceptor m (plural perceptori)

1. tax collector

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	perceptor	perceptorul		perceptori	perceptorii
genitive-dative	perceptor	perceptorului		perceptori	perceptorilor
vocative	perceptorule			perceptorilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptor.

Noun

perceptor m (plural perceptores, feminine perceptora, feminine plural perceptoras)

1. recipient

Related terms

• percepción

Further reading

• “perceptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024